How State DOTs Keep the Public In the Dark About How They Spend Our Transportation Dollars - Streetsblog USA
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from Streetsblog2 months ago
"In a wonky but critical new study of all 50 state DOTs, researchers at the Brookings Institution found that states only give an average of 14 percent of their federal formula funding back to municipalities to spend on local projects, even though the share of gas taxes states collect on locally owned roads tends to far exceed the share of revenues sent back to those local owners."
Streetsbloghttps://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/11/14/how-state-dots-keep-the-public-in-the-dark-about-how-they-spend-our-transportation-dollars
"We're kind of waving our arms and yelling, 'Hey, everyone - 75 percent of the IIJA is still committed directly through formula funds, including the grants that go to transit agencies,' said Adie Tomer, senior fellow at Brookings and the lead author of the report. And the bulk of those funds are going to states, not municipalities."
Streetsbloghttps://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/11/14/how-state-dots-keep-the-public-in-the-dark-about-how-they-spend-our-transportation-dollars
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