Each year federal agencies receive funding from Congress, known as budgetary resources . In 2022, the Department of Transportation (DOT) had $354.83 Billion distributed among its 11 sub-components. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 appropriated $1.5 billion to the Department of Transportation for 478 projects at the request of Members of Congress. Tribal, state, and local governments received the funds to make improvements to transportation infrastructure. including roads, sidewalks and concourse renovations for airports. Each individual fund ranged from $30,000 to $100 million, with over 80 percent of projects receiving less than $5 million per project.
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Response rates from 2.2k 84118 voters.
62% Yes |
38% No |
50% Yes |
29% No |
9% Yes, but only if the spending goes towards environmentally friendly solutions |
4% No, I am satisfied with the current amount of spending |
4% Yes, and provide more free public transportation |
3% No, we have more important issues that need funding |
2% No, and we should privatize more public transportation services |
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0% No, and we should reduce current spending |
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Unique answers from 84118 voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@97ZLYW32yrs2Y
Public transportation is not a federal issue. States or municipalities should address this
@8FBCPP75yrs5Y
keep it at the state level.
@9DYZN5X2yrs2Y
Only in more urban settings, not suburban
@9S2PDWW8mos8MO
The United States needs to spend more money on public transportation, in order to improve the national railway system and expand it, so it can reach other locations, improve The metro and subway systems in various cities and help cities build These systems, and they should help finance better bus, transportation within cities, and towns
@9PZ2HB59mos9MO
Yes because I think the government should be more concerned with serving the citizens of it's own country rather than ignoring them and only focusing on citizens of other countries. The U.S. government is in a position where it should find a balance between serving it's people while simultaneously keeping friendly relations with other countries. I think the U.S. government has done a poor job at doing this.
@sterlingiii 10mos10MO
Yes, we must keep renovating public transportation countrywide until we have transportation to and from each state in this country my solution would be a free transit system organized by Elon Musk & other billionaires creating electric train stations that go to and from each city/state.
@9L4Z23B 11mos11MO
Yes, but the 80% of the funding for projects should come from state, local, and private sources and be fully committed before asking the FTA for grants and loans
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Yes, but also allow more privatization of public transport
@VulcanMan62Y
Why would that be better? That would just make transportation a for-profit industry, instead of a public service. It wouldn't even be "public transportation" if it was privately-owned-and-operated.
@VulcanMan62Y
Uh oh, are you getting mad now because you can't defend your presumptions?
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