Multi-agency coordination and cross-jurisdictional planning were central themes, particularly regarding the Interstate Bridge Replacement project's transit alignment and its integration into the regional Transportation Improvement Program. Officials also reviewed collaborative regional initiatives, including a signal-timing pilot program that optimizes traffic flow across multiple local agency boundaries and a comprehensive Gorge Safety Action Plan developed jointly by neighboring counties, cities, and state departments.
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Regional Transportation Council · Jun 02, 2026 · 1:50:35–1:51:07 · Watch on CVTV ↗
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1:49:28 just address those at the next meeting. Thank you so much, Adam. That moves us into other business. Anything from the board tonight or this evening or whatever it is, this afternoon? With that, we'll take it over to our executive director. All right, directors, I published today a folio. Here it is. Congress has been moving specifically the House on reauthorization of the Federal Transportation Act. This is a folio produced by the House Transportation Infrastructure Committee. It might be a little bit out of date, but this characteristically describes the program that they recently on May 22nd voted it out of Committee 62 to 2, which is perhaps by commentary a pretty bipartisan vote to move the Build America 250 proposal forward. Then maybe the House takes it up. The Senate, by way of reference, has not introduced
1:50:25 a bill, so this is the first one out of the gate for reauthorization this fall. Just as a point of awareness for the board and those in the public, all of RTC's grant programs are funded by the Federal Transportation Act and about 90 plus percent of RTC's operating funds to run the organization are Federal Transportation Act funds. This is very important for us and the work that we do. A couple of highlights here to mention. First, reauthorizes the SDBG program, which is our primary grant program that local agencies apply for. It reauthorizes the bridge program, which earlier this evening you heard reports on the Hi-Fi program and how they've secured billions of dollars worth of bridge grant programs. Those are reauthorized. What's also reauthorized proposed would be the Safe Streets and Roads for All program. Those are the good aspects. On the converse, and again, when I say reauthorized, this is what's proposed. The carbon reduction program is eliminated. The National Electric
1:51:23 Vehicle Infrastructure program, which spent a lot of resources on electric system charging programs and so forth, is either reduced or reshuffled. There's some program consolidations across the board. On the positive side, there's some good things. Expand a program, Safe Streets for All bridge program. On the negative side, CRP and other programs are shut down. Major permitting reforms within NEPA. On the MPO-specific side, it would increase some of the planning funds, which are part of the federal resource that RTC receives to operate and increases the PL apportionment across the board by, I think, upwards of 9 to 10%. Then it also creates this new opportunity for MPOs to be a direct recipient of funds. Currently, all of our money flows through the state and the state sub allocates. There is an opportunity
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are funded by the Federal Transportation Act and about 90 plus percent of RTC's operating funds to run the organization are Federal Transportation Act funds. This is very important for us and the work that we do. A couple of highlights here to mention. First, reauthorizes the SDBG program, which is our primary grant program that local agencies apply for. It reauthorizes the bridge program, which earlier this evening you heard reports on the Hi-Fi program and how they've secured billions of dollars worth of bridge grant programs.