Budget Sequester Could Throw a Wrench Into Transit Expansion Projects

The consequences of the near-certain sequester for aviation have been well publicized by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s recent media blitz, but less well-known are the effects for surface transportation.
The Second Avenue Subway is one New Starts-funded transit expansion that could be complicated by the sequestration cuts. Image: MTA
LaHood broke that silence in a memo to department staff earlier [...]

Source: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/02/28/sequester-would-cut-new-starts-by-100m-could-trigger-fta-furloughs/

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