The classifieds in this issue include two chief executive officer positions!
 

In a statement released Sept. 10, the Obama Administration called on the Senate to pass H.R. 3288, the Fiscal Year 2009 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Act. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the legislation unanimously on July 30, a week after the full House voted to support it.

The bill includes $11.1 billion for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) programs—a funding level more than $750 million higher than the $10.33 billion in the president’s budget request.

“The President requested, and the [Senate Appropriations] Committee approved, significant new resources for the nation’s road, rail, and air transportation systems,” the statement said. “The legislation takes an important step toward modernizing what has become an outdated and over-stressed transportation network. Importantly, the legislation not only invests in new systems, but also works to improve the safety of those systems already in place.”

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