A combined NEPA-404 process is worth looking at. Broader policy guidance is needed, not prescriptive regulations. Concurrent reviews should be our goal where ever and whenever possible. Get rid of sequential processes, go to parallel reviews. Need to make sure transit folks get to express their point of view on guidelines related to environmental streamlining.
Program structure goes one direction while basis for distribution of funds goes another way.
Find a way to measure the efficiency with which we use the transportation system. Capture the role that transit plays in transportation system. Efficiency is the key thing, and maybe mode split should be looked at for ways to redistribute funds. Local involvement and cooperation is needed and folks need to work together. Allow for differences in urban states and rural states like West Virginia.