When I was driving down the country road, I finally got a couple of shots of these caracaras that have been eluding me for 4 weeks. I spotted them several times, but they take off fast! (migrating birds). They hang out with my buzzards by day, but sleep elsewhere at night.
I have a busy lesson for You tonight who choose to have a look. This post includes all Key Links to the Transportation Updates of the new Transportation Act. Guess where one of the biggest traffic snarls is????? Surprise, if You can find it.
Enjoy Your Magical Mystery Tour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_Ahead_for_Progress_in_the_21st_Century_Act
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) is a funding and authorization bill to govern United States federal surface transportation spending. It was passed by Congress on June 29, 2012, and President Barack Obama signed it on July 6.[1][2] The vote was 373-52 in the House of Representatives and 74-19 in the United States Senate; only Republicans voted against the bill.
The $105 billion, two-year bill does not significantly alter total funding from the previous authorization, but it does include many significant reforms. TheCongressional Budget Office estimates that enacting MAP-21 will reduce the federal budget deficit over the 2012-2022 period by $16.3 billion.[3]
Several unrelated provisions were attached to the bill: A one-year extension of federal student loan rates through June 30, 2013; a five-year reauthorization of the national flood insurance program through 2017; and a one-year extension to the Secure Rural Schools Act, which compensates rural counties for loss of revenue caused by reduced timber harvest on federal lands
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| Full title | An Act to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes |
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| Colloquial name(s) | MAP-21 |
| Enacted by the | 112th United States Congress |
| Citations | |
| Public Law | Pub.L. 112-141 |
| Stat. | 126 Stat. 405 |
| Codification | |
| Title(s) amended | 23 |
| Legislative history | |
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- A national freight policy will be developed.
Revenue sources
MAP-21 is funded without increasing transportation user fees. (The federal gas tax was last raised in 1993.)[10] Instead, funds were generated through the following measures:
- Repeal a requirement that the Department of Transportation reimburse the difference in cost between shipping foreign food aid on a U.S -flag ship and a foreign-flag ship
- Raise additional revenue by increasing the ability of business with excess assets in their pension funds to use them for retiree health and life insurance benefits, and by defining businesses that make roll-your-own machines available for consumer use as tobacco manufacturers
- Change the interest rate that pension plans use to measure their liabilities, increase pension premium rates for both variable and flat rate premium paid to the pension benefit guaranty Corporation and establish a cap on the variable rate premium
- Allow eligible federal employees to enter into a phased retirement, during which they continue to work part-time while drawing a partial salary and a partial civil service annuity
References
- ^ Congress Approves a $127 Billion Transportation and Student Loan Package - NY Times
- ^ Obama signs student loans, highway jobs bill - Political Hotsheet - CBS News
- ^ CBO | H.R. 4348, MAP-21
- ^ "Timber payments get Obama's OK". The Union Democrat. July 11, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ Highway bill conference report released - The Hill's Transportation Report
- ^ Final Transportation Bill Includes Provisions To Streamline Environmental Review Pro... | Bloomberg BNA
- ^ Analysis: Cutting Red Tape In Transportation Bill Means Cutting You Out Of The Environmental Review Process | ThinkProgress
- ^ Petra Todorovich and Daniel Schned. Getting Infrastructure Going: Expediting the Environmental Review Process. Regional Plan Association. 2012.
- ^ Bicyclists oppose 'bad bill for biking and walking' in highway funding compromise - The Hill's Transportation Report
- ^ When did the Federal Government begin collecting the gas tax? - Ask the Rambler - Highway History - FHWA
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T4 America releases new guide to implementing MAP-21
December 11, 2012
By Transportation for America
A new easy-to-follow handbook, Making the Most of MAP-21: A Guide to the 2012 Federal Transportation Law — And How to Use it for Positive Change in Your Community, features both narrative chapters and two-page explainers on the key features of the new program, from the consolidated highway program to the new transportation alternatives, as well as new financing options.Video Lineup from Google You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuSdHgH0Yvk
The Negative aspects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1oLDPKpeVY
the History
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKMtmXllf9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esJY2SK_4tE
Answer:
Go to this link and look at waypoint 11
http://cmap.m-plex.com/hb/hwymap.php?mt=g&r=ct.i084
Connecticut
....this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek. See You Next Time!
Of Course, one more great performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ9shTjtr24
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