Today’s Headlines
Wyden Offers Short-Term Funding Plan; Corker Calls It “Complete Sham” (Roll Call, Transport Topics) Charlotte Magazine Profiles Anthony Foxx Offering Test Drives to Congress, Shuster Touts Driverless Cars (Roll Call) Tysons Corner Waits Impatiently for Silver Line (NYT) APTA Pitches Aggressive Growth for Transit Funding (Progressive Railroading) Denver Becomes the West’s Model for Transit Expansion (CityLab) Detroit City … Continued
June 25, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Foxx Warns State DOTs That Funding Could Be Cut Off Soon (The Hill) At HUD, Julian Castro Will Take on Obama’s Climate Work (National Journal) California, Amtrak Back Out of Joint Bid on High-Speed Rail (AP) Proposal to Raise Gas Tax Wins Praise From WaPo, NRDC Switchboard While Gannett Notes Mixed Opinions, and Forbes Sniffs Out a Gimmick in the Funding … Continued
June 23, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Highway Trust Fund in Hands of New House GOP Leader McCarthy (National Journal) WaPo’s Wonkbook Breaks Down Key Issues in Transpo Funding Debate Senate Hybrid Bill With Transpo Funding Yanked From Floor (The Trucker) Will Houston See More Density or More Sprawl in the Future? (Houston Chron) Gas Tax an Election Issue in Tennessee (Times Free-Press) Business Lobby … Continued
June 20, 2014
Transit Agencies Pull Out All the Stops for “Dump the Pump” Day
The perks of public transportation will be more tangible than usual today, the ninth annual “Dump the Pump” day. More than 135 transit agencies across the country are taking part in the campaign, attempting to lure drivers out of their cars with free rides and all sorts of promotions, contests and schwag.
June 19, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Transpo Advocates, Toll Opponents Praise Proposed Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) Detroit Light Rail Will Proceed, Despite Funding Gap (Detroit News) America’s New Oil Crisis: Crashing Trains (Politico) Fast Lane Looks Back at 100 Years of American Bus Travel So Which Is It: Is Atlanta “Dangerous by Design” or Easily Walkable? (Decaturish) Texas Looks to Emulate Japan … Continued
June 19, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Latest Projection: Highway Trust Fund Will Dry Up by Late August (Transport Topics) Senators Discuss Six-Month “Patch” (Bloomberg) Detroit Streetcar Needs More Money From Feds (Detroit News) Union Leader Blasts GOP Plan for Transpo Funding (The Hill) Can All Aboard Florida Serve as Blueprint for Private Passenger Rail? (City Lab) New Walkability Study Ranks D.C. Area Highest, Orlando Lowest (WaPo, Orlando Sentinel) DOT … Continued
June 18, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Harry Reid Has a Gimmicky Tax Cut Idea for the Highway Trust Fund (Politico) NYT: Corporate Tax Holiday Isn’t the Right Fix New Twin Cities Light Rail Up and Running, Promising Change (Minn Post, City Lab) Foxx Points to Delaware Bridge as Example of National Problem (USA Today) Pittsburgh’s New Planning Director Brings Wisdom from … Continued
June 16, 2014
Today’s Headlines
WaPo: Congress “Cowardly” on Policy Decisions for Highway Trust Fund Sen. Murray Issues Warning on Funding (The Hill), and AASHTO Goes Activist (Transport Topics) Why Do So Many Light Rail Projects Flounder? (Newsweek) Charlotte Mayor Scandal Doesn’t Affect Blue Line Money (The State) Which Regions Are Growing More Compact the Fastest? (City Lab) Commuter Ferry … Continued
June 5, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Foxx Touts Environmental Benefits of Obama’s Transpo Bill (Fast Lane) Mobilizing the Region Breaks it Down: MAP-21 vs. GROW AMERICA Senate Panel’s THUD Bill Sets Up Clash With House (The Hill) Congressmen in Chicago Attack Transit Discrimination in Federal Tax Code (Crain’s) DOT Gives Out $123.5M for Passenger Ferry Projects (Marine Log) Study: Who Attempts to Drive … Continued
June 4, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Senators Skeptical of Plan to Use Postal Service Funds for Transpo (Nat’l Journal, Bloomberg) Joshua Schank: Time to Come Up with 21st-Century Solution for Transpo Funding (NYT) LaHood Talks High-Speed Rail With Sac Bee Another Report Finds Safer Streets = More Pedestrians (HuffPo) Politico Explores Partisan Undercurrents of D.C.’s New Silver Line Bill Would Give Cities … Continued
June 2, 2014