{"id":2221,"date":"2021-04-22T22:06:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T22:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2021-04-22T22:06:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T22:06:05","slug":"can-stimulus-funds-be-used-for-public-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/can-stimulus-funds-be-used-for-public-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Stimulus Funds be Used for Public Transit?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s happening? Worcester, MA is considering using federal stimulus funds for transportation. Worcester&#8217;s Congressperson says that the city has discretion over much of the funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is this important? The city is considering public transit options that include more on-demand options as well as zero cost options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How will this be important? All cities will be grappling with how to best use stimulus funds be it for broadband, transit, healthcare or other funding needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governing.com\/finance\/worcester-considers-using-stimulus-funds-for-public-transit.html?utm_term=Worcester%20Considers%20Using%20Stimulus%20Funds%20for%20Public%20Transit&amp;utm_campaign=Storefront%20Stagnation%3A%20Coping%20With%20Neighborhood%20Retail%5Cu2019s%20New%20Realities&amp;utm_content=email&amp;utm_source=Act-On%20Software&amp;utm_medium=email\">MassLive via Governing | Worcester Considers Using Stimulus Funds for Public Transit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s happening? Worcester, MA is considering using federal stimulus funds for transportation. Worcester&#8217;s Congressperson says that the city has discretion over much of the funding. Why is this important? The city is considering public transit options that include more on-demand options as well as zero cost options. How will this be important? All cities will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2222,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions\/2222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}