U.S. House makes progress on transportation funding

About this episode

Susan Howard discusses the highlights of the latest federal surface transportation bill and the BUILD America 250 Act.

On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, Susan Howard, director of government relations and policy for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), talks about the highlights of the latest federal surface transportation bill making its way through the legislative process. Leaders of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week formally introduced the BUILD America 250 Act, a bipartisan, five-year surface transpor...

People in this episode

Guest: Susan Howard

Topics covered

• transportation funding
• federal surface transportation bill
• legislative process
• bipartisan efforts
• infrastructure

Keywords

• transportation
• funding
• infrastructure
• legislation
• AASHTO
• BUILD America 250 Act
• U.S. House

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, BUILD America 250 Act

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