Funding & Finance, Transit

How Can Transit Address the Affordability Crisis?

October 23, 2026

Oct 23, 2026 | Grace Truslow

Decisions around service reliability and experience, targeted subsidies, land use, and federal funding certainty can enhance transit's role as an...

Funding & Finance, Local governance, Regional governance, Transit

Getting Around California’s Property Tax Restrictions to Fund Transit

October 23, 2026

Oct 23, 2026 | Philip Plotch

San Francisco’s ballot measure is designed to help rescue Muni by getting around California’s strict property tax restrictions. This is...

NEPA and Permitting

Tracking the Evolution of Responses to BAAJA Permitting Bill

October 23, 2026

Oct 23, 2026 | Rebecca Higgins

More analysis is starting to emerge on the Senate permitting bill including recommendations for amendments for certain provisions.

NEPA and Permitting

BAAJA Will Unlock Cheaper and Faster Transportation Projects

October 23, 2026

Stephanie Pollack

BAAJA will expedite transportation project delivery by relaxing the procedures that make it harder to repair, rebuild, and modernize our...

NEPA and Permitting

Nothing Certain but Death, Taxes… and Permits?

October 23, 2026

Fred Wagner

Questions remain around BAAJA's efforts to give energy developers permit certainty.

NEPA and Permitting

The Nonobvious Consequences of the Proposed Amendments to NEPA in the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act

October 23, 2026

Justin Pidot

If enacted, BAAJA will fundamentally change when and how environmental review under NEPA occurs, how federal, state, tribal, and local...

DOT Announces Final $2.3B of IIJA CRISI Grant Funding

October 23, 2026

Oct 23, 2026 | Jeff Davis

USDOT this week announced the final $2.3 billion of CRISI grant funding provided by the IIJA and contemporaneous appropriations.

$667 Million in INFRA Grants Announced

October 23, 2026

Oct 23, 2026 | Jeff Davis

$667 million in additional INFRA grant funding has been announced, including $200 million just for truck parking.

Federal Budget Deficit Hit $2 Trillion in FY 2026

October 23, 2026

Oct 23, 2026 | Jeff Davis

The initial year-end results of the federal budget for fiscal 2026 are in, with the deficit hitting $2 trillion.

Transportation in the News (10-23-26 Edition)

October 23, 2026