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. Outreach related to federal discretionary grant programs and letters of support. Updates regarding Metra service and capital budget information for impacted constituents. Issues related to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) clearances and backlogs; 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 (no bill number); 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.