T4America will host a special online presentation on May 16th to get the inside scoop on state transportation funding proposals from the people making these changes happen.

The Transportation for America (T4America) campaign is seeking a smart and motivated individual to jump into a vibrant national campaign and be a high performing Field Director to direct the day-to-day operations of a diverse coalition of prominent leaders from a multitude of constituencies working to reform transportation policy.

In January, Transportation for America released Making the Most of MAP-21, a 109-page handbook that explains the many changes in federal transportation policy — positive and negative — and outlines how local officials and advocates can help get involved and urge states to make sure that MAP-21 — Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century — money is used for the priorities of local communities. On Feb. 27, Transportation for America held a webinar focused on helping rural communities to take advantage of the MAP-21 changes. Among the speakers was Reconnecting America's President and CEO John Robert Smith.

Transportation for America will hold a webinar Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 1pm EST to explore how the new 2012 federal transportation bill affects rural communities.

Transportation for America has released Making the Most of MAP-21, a 109-page handbook that attempts to explain the many changes in federal transportation policy — positive and negative — and outline how local officials and advocates can help get involved and urge states to make sure that MAP-21 money is used for the priorities of local communities.

Transportation for America has created a guidebook, "Thinking Outside the Farebox: Creative Approaches to Financing Transit Projects," which is designed to help community leaders to meet the demand for transit by identifying options for raising the money needed to build and operate an expanded transit system.

The policy staff at our partner, Transportation for America (T4), have pored over the 600-plus pages of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee transportation bill draft, released on Nov. 4, and come up with an informative summary.

Transportation for America has released a report focusing the deteriorating condition of bridges in the largest 102 metropolitan areas. "The Fix We’re In For: The State of Our Nation’s Busiest Bridges" continues its analysis of the  National Bridge Inventory, which found one in nine U.S. bridges has been rated “structurally deficient.”