September 20, 2024
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently responded to the Federal Transit Administration regarding a partial waiver of “Buy America” requirements for vans and minivans.
AASHTO noted in a comment letter to the agency that FTA issued the existing partial waiver in October 2022 in recognition that the U.S. manufacturing market could not fully meet the demands of its “Buy America” statute for non-Americans with Disabilities Act accessible vans or minivans.
The waiver is currently set to expire after October 24 at the end of its planned period, with FTA not having found that the market could support the waiver’s rescission over the past two years.
