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Bush Budget Boo$ts Regional Transit, ¢uts National Transit

by Michelle Ernst

The Bush administration’s 2009 federal budget released earlier this week includes significant new funding for New York City region transit. $211 million is slated for the East Side Access project and $277 million for the Second Avenue Subway. The administration also budgets $54.1 million for the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and $14.7 million for further study [...]

February 6th, 2008 | Tags: bush, highway trust fund, mass transit account, transit | Category: Federal Policy, MTA, NJ Transit, Transportation Funding | 3 comments

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