"The good stuff tends to take time. It really revealed itself in that, and the bad stuff was very quick to be obligated, In this analysis, we found that the good stuff that we really tend to love is the exact kind of projects that have really been targeted by the Trump administration now in terms of what grants are being frozen and what grants are not really having any of their funding outlaid at this stage now."
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States continue to invest heavily in highway expansion while federal rail dollars remain largely unobligated, with about five percent spent despite authorization progress. High-priority, longer-term projects take time to materialize, whereas less desirable projects are quickly obligated. Current federal actions have frozen or delayed grants for projects that generally align with transit and rail priorities. Improved public access to project data is needed, including publishing State Transportation Improvement Programs (STIPs) in tabular, spreadsheet formats with default categorizations and clear project descriptions to show how tax dollars are allocated.
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