Reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21): Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session. on the Implementation and Proposed Legislation Reauthorizing Funds of Public Transportation Provisions for the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21), Focusing on Certain Programs Including the Jobs Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Program, Funding Issues, Investing in Economic Development and the Environment, and Analysis of Transportation Security One Year After September 11 Foucusing [sic] on Mass Transit Safety and Security and Passenger Transportation Security Initiatives, April 25, June 13, 26, July 17, and September 18, 2002, Volumen4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003 - 257 páginas |
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Página 99 - Allowing employee-paid pre-tax transit benefits saves transit-using employees over $400 a year wnile saying employers a smaller amount on withholding. Having employers pay for transit is a bigger incentive for employees. Offering such a benefit to Federal executive agency employees in the national capital region induced 11 percent of employees who used to drive to work to switch to transit, taking 12,500 cars off the region's crowded roads every workday. At firms in California and Minnesota offering...
Página 171 - Safety and security are the top priority of the public transportation industry. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report several years ago which said "about one-third of terrorist attacks worldwide target transportation systems, and transit systems are the mode most commonly attacked.
Página 201 - Stat. 11, 517; see also 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States, Pub.
Página 186 - The act also gave TSA regulatory authority for security over all transportation modes. ATSA does not specify TSA's roles and responsibilities in securing the maritime and land transportation modes at the level of detail it does for aviation security. Instead, the act broadly identifies...
Página 68 - The hearing is adjourned. [Whereupon, at 11:10 am, the hearing was adjourned.] [Prepared statements, response to written questions, and additional material...
Página 189 - ... and local law enforcement agencies In addition, the Intergovernmental Law Enforcement Information Sharing Act of 2001 (HR 3483), which you sponsored. Mr. Chairman, addresses a number of information -sharing needs. For instance, the proposed legislation provides that the Attorney General expeditiously grant security clearances to Governors who apply for them and to state and local officials who participate in federal counterterroram working groups or regional task forces.
Página 21 - The hearing is adjourned. [Whereupon, at 3:35 pm, the hearing was adjourned.] [Prepared statements and response to written questions supplied for the record follow:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF SENATOR JON S.
Página 186 - Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002, Pub.
Página 179 - ... civil liberties or which may discourage them from using public transportation. The impact of security measures on passengers is an important consideration for domestic rail transit operators, since most passengers could choose another means of transportation, such as a personal automobile. As such, security measures that limit accessibility, cause delays, increase fares, or otherwise cause inconvenience could push people away from transit and into their cars. In contrast, the citizens of the...
Página 57 - I would just like to submit my statement for the record and indicate I have been in this position since June of last year.