The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century ( MAP-21 ) two-year transportation reauthorization bill made a critical change to eligibility requirements for New Starts funding for transit, as GO TO 2040 recommends.  Specifically, MAP-21 expanded funding eligibility to include a new category of “core capacity improvement projects.” These projects must increase the capacity of a... Read More

Across the country, state and local revenues are still below their pre-recession levels. As a result, many local officials are cutting expenses through the reduction or consolidation of services, according to an August 2012 Economic Situation Summary from the U.S. Department of Labor. A team from the Ohio Department of Education, the Ohio Office of Budget and Management, and other... Read More

To help fill the information needs of workforce and education stakeholders, CMAP has launched MetroPulse Jobs , an on-line data and information resource designed show past and projected employment by industry and occupation, as well as information on related training and education programs.   By linking data on industries, occupations, and education and training providers,... Read More

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently launched two National On-line Dialogues to facilitate the implementation of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century (MAP-21), the recently passed two-year transportation reauthorization bill.  The dialogues focus on the use of performance measures in MAP-21 and freight policy .  Both allow stakeholders and the public to... Read More

Newly passed fuel economy standards that will help reduce oil consumption will negatively affect the amount of motor fuel tax (MFT) revenues available to fund transportation projects in the future, highlighting the need for better ways to fund improvements. On August 28, 2012, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a rule finalizing higher fuel economy... Read More