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Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP 21)

July 2012
On June 29, 2012, Congress passed H.R. 4348 (Mica), Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP 21), the first long-term federal highway/transit authorization bill enacted since 2005. Signed by President Obama the following week, Public Law 112-141 authorizes $105 billion for federal highway and transit programs through FY 2014. The bill consolidates almost 100 separate funding programs and eliminates earmarks, a dramatic change from its predecessor, SAFETEA, which included over 5,600 individual earmarks totaling almost $22 billion. As a result, a much larger share of MAP 21 funding is distributed by formula: 93 percent compared to 83 percent under SAFETEA. Overall, California is estimated to receive approximately $3.5 billion and $3.6 billion in FY 2013 and FY 2014, respectively, in comparison to $3.4 billion in FY 2011. 

Nationally, the bill provides $39.7 billion and $40.3 billion in highway funding obligation authority in FY 2013 and FY 2014, respectively, as shown in Attachment A. This represents a 1.4 percent annual increase over FY 2012 levels, but this increase masks reductions in certain highway programs that affect MTC, including the Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) program.

For more details and Bay Area funding estimates and impacts, see the memo (PDF) in the June packet for MTC’s Legislation Committee.

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