Department of Transportation
Issues Related to Transportation Funding Gao ID: T-RCED-95-83 January 11, 1995This testimony focuses on issues affecting the development of more efficient and effective transportation programs in an era of diminishing resources. During the past several years, GAO has reported to Congress on ways to strengthen transportation programs. On the basis of this work, this testimony makes observations on five critical issues: the restructuring of the Transportation Department, the consolidation of transportation grant programs, the future of Amtrak, the plans for the air traffic control system, and the status of the Interstate Commerce Commission.