TAI GINSBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC
Lobbying for NORTHEAST ILLINOIS REGIONAL COMMUTER RAILROAD CORPORATION · Commuter rail agency
Provisions impacting commuter rail contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) and post-passage commuter railroad and transit grant program implementation. Updates regarding Metra service and capital budget information for impacted constituents; Outreach relating to supporting commuter rail bridge funding in the surface transportation reauthorization bill (no bill number); outreach relating to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program; outreach relating to surface transportation reauthorization priorities (no bill number)
Funding issues related to rail bridge and station infrastructure capital needs; education and advocacy on issues related to transit funding needs, education and advocacy on funding related to the transit fiscal cliff; Fiscal Year 2026 community project funding requests (H.R.4552/S.2465); Fiscal Year 2025 community project funding requests (H.R. 9028 and S.4796); Fiscal Year 2024 community project funding requests (P.L. 118-42).
Brief and update Members of Congress on Metra capital projects, and partnerships with freight railroads and Amtrak. Outreach to Members of Congress regarding commuter rail services on the UP-N, UP-W, Milwaukee North, Milwaukee West, and UP-NW commuter railroad lines. Education and advocacy on Metras rail bridge funding initiative and Chicago O'Hare International Airport express rail initiative.