Public transportation advocates are
up in arms this week over the latest twist in an ongoing war between mass transit and highway funding in the stimulus package.
Published reports indicate that Senator Kit Bond, a Missouri Republican, plans to propose amendments that redirect $2 billion from high speed rail and $5.5 billion from competitive transportation grants toward an increase in highway funding; Bond is said to be concerned that the original intended uses for that money likely wouldn’t stimulate the economy fast enough.
