Transportation Budget Responses 4: U.S. PIRG

The U.S. Public Interest Resource Group likes the allocation to infrastructure in the President's budget.  We'll be posting statements as we get them...and rounding up what's in the budget at the end of the day.

From a U.S. PIRG statement:

Statement by U.S. PIRG Senior Tax and Budget Analyst Phineas Baxandall, on the Obama administration’s FY 2012 transportation budget proposal, which includes a major increase in transportation funding and an $8 billion annual investment in high-speed rail.

“The administration’s budget request proves that President Obama is serious about investing in the future, while bringing much-needed reform to our broken transportation system.”

“Last week, U.S. PIRG delivered a letter signed by a diverse collection of close to 100 national and regional organizations, and elected officials calling for $3.5 billion high-speed rail allocation for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, an amount matching the ramp up for high-speed rail in the administration’s budget.

“In an era of increased scrutiny into federal spending, the administration is right to propose targeted investments that will deliver jobs and make us more competitive around the globe.”

U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups, is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest advocacy organization. For more information visit http://www.uspirg.org.