U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) today announced that Connect Transit will receive a $1.45 million to purchase zero-emission battery electric buses and install solar panels at the maintenance facility. This competitive Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant was authorized as part of the FAST Act, the long-term highway bill Congress passed in 2015. “Investing in our smaller transit systems means investing in jobs and economic growth. Connect Transit and the Bloomingt...
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Davis visits Champaign-Urbana MTD as part of his 13th District mass transit tour last October. Click to download U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) will receive a $1.45 million grant to purchase zero-emission battery electric buses with supporting hydrogen infrastructure. This competitive grant was authorized as part of the FAST Act, the long-term highway bill Congress passed ...
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U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis and Darin LaHood today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has released the $14 million in funds from the TIGER grant the city of Springfield received for phase two of the rail improvement project. Davis and LaHood recently met with federal transportation officials urging the timely release of the grant.
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today released this statement after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced H.R. 2997, the 21st Century AIRR Act, to reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). H.R. 2997, which the committee debated for nearly nine and a half hours and considered roughly 80 amendments, passed out of committee by a vote of 32-25 on Wednesday. Among other reforms, this bill establishes a federally-chartered, fully independent, not-for-profit corporation...
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Click to play video U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) urged U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to protect contract towers, like those that serve airports in Decatur and Bloomington-Normal, during an Aviation Subcommittee hearing yesterday. This was Secretary Chao’s first appearance before the committee since being confirmed. “Contract towers handle roughly 28 percent of air traffic control operations in the U.S., but the Contract Tower Program only accounts for only 14 percen...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) is seeking input from constituents on their experience with the airline industry to highlight customer service issues at an upcoming Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing. Representatives of major airlines will appear before the committee. Constituents who would like to share their stories can visit rodneydavis.house.gov or click this link: https://rodneydavis.house.gov/forms/form/?ID=3207. The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing titl...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, in an op-ed published in The Hill, called on the airline industry to improve customer service. Davis has urged the airline industry to make commonsense reforms to better customer service and was successful in including his bill, Families Flying Together Act, in the most recent Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Airlines must improve customer service or face government action BY RE...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today continued his tour of historic Route 66 through Central Illinois with U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) and State Rep. Rep. Tim Butler (R-Springfield). The tour is to highlight the economic significance of the most famous road in America and his bill commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Route 66. The lawmakers were joined by local mayors and other community leaders along the way. Yesterday, Da...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Illinois State Rep. Avery Bourne (R-Raymond) made stops at businesses and other historical Route 66 locations in Edwardsville, Livingston, Litchfield, Carlinville, and Girard to highlight the economic and historical significance of Route 66. The two lawmakers met with local mayors, business owners, and community leaders at each stop. Davis, along with U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, introduced legislati...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), along with the Illinois congressional delegation, sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) expressing concern over the impact FEMA’s Public Assistance deductible concept will have on states’ ability to receive federal assistance after a disaster occurs. FEMA’s Public Assistance deductible would require states to meet a predetermined, annual expenditure of state emergency management funds or disaster recovery costs to qualify for FEMA Public...
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