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 1.5k Social Justice voters.
58% Yes |
42% No |
43% Yes |
35% No |
8% Yes, but only if the spending goes towards environmentally friendly solutions |
3% No, we have more important issues that need funding |
7% Yes, and provide more free public transportation |
2% No, I am satisfied with the current amount of spending |
1% No, and we should reduce current spending |
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0% No, and we should privatize more public transportation services |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 1.5k Social Justice voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 1.5k Social Justice voters.
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Unique answers from Social Justice voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@97ZLYW32yrs2Y
Public transportation is not a federal issue. States or municipalities should address this
@8FBCPP74yrs4Y
keep it at the state level.
@9DYZN5X1yr1Y
Only in more urban settings, not suburban
@9RJGQ4F5mos5MO
Yes, but the amount of spending and the type of public transportation project should be determined at the state/local levels.
@9PZ2HB56mos6MO
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 7mos7MO
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 7mos7MO
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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