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Strategist and pragmatist with ten years of leadership in federal and state transportation agencies. Advisor and advocate for giving government agencies the capacity to implement and deliver effectively, including improving infrastructure and its delivery.

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Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The Institute for Progress has released the Transit Abundance Handbook: "The United States once led the world in transit construction. Today, we lead in transit construction costs. This playbook offers policy solutions so the American public can stop paying more for less." ifp.org/transit-abun...

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The Transit Abundance Playbook | Institute for Progress

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Stephanie Pollack@ @stephanie-pollack.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

State and local agencies who have or are debating whether to apply for transportation grants-sign those grant agreements and/or submit applications under NOFOs like the one out for Bridge Investment Program funding! You don't need to worry about immigration cooperation. www.cnn.com/2025/06/20/p...

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Judge blocks Trump administration from tying transportation funds to states’ cooperation with immigration efforts | CNN Politics

A federal judge in Rhode Island blocked the Trump administration from using states’ cooperation with immigration efforts as a condition for receiving transportation funds.

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Stephanie Pollack@ @stephanie-pollack.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We need to talk more about how government can do better at delivering what people want and need, including infrastructure. Santi Ruiz and I talked about this in his recently-posted Statecraft podcast on rescuing the troubled Green Line extension from cancellation. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-sal...

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How to Salvage a Transit Project

"When you give yourself too much rope, you hang yourself"

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