Today’s Headlines
Transportation Advocates Aren’t Happy With Proposed Senate Funding Levels … (The Hill) … But Smart Growth Group Praises TOD Provision (Smart Growth America) Obama at NY’s Tappan Zee Bridge Today to Press Congress on Infrastructure (AP) Biden Makes the Same Pitch in St. Louis, Cleveland (StarTrib, AP) A Bankrupt Highway Trust Fund Could Cost 700,000 Jobs (Fiscal … Continued
May 14, 2014
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Senate to Mark Up Transpo Bill Next Week (The Hill) In Denver, Foxx Celebrates Grand Opening of Union Station (Denver Biz Journal) Under Discussion: “China-Russia-Canada-America” High-Speed Rail (Guardian) Amtrak Returns to St. Paul After 43 Years (Railway Age) WaPo Looks at the Transpo Funding Problem Cycling’s on the Rise in Smaller Cities, Too (Atlantic Cities) … Continued
May 9, 2014
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Foxx Warns of Delays to State Transportation Funding (The Hill) … And Downplays U.S. DOT’s Proposal to Allow Interstate Tolling (Land Line) Everybody Tiptoes Around the Gas Tax (Trucking Info) NRDC Switchboard Outlines Top Provisions in Grow America Act Amtrak CEO: A Hudson River Tunnel Might Have to Be Shut Down in Less Than 20 Years … Continued
May 8, 2014
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CBO to Senate: For Transpo, Raise Gas Tax or Find $18 Billion (WaPo) Boxer Says Draft Bill Will Be Ready Next Week (The Hill) House GOP Rolls Out Giant Transpo, Housing Bill (Politico) Feds Clear Path for Sacramento Streetcar (Merced Sun Star) Standard & Poors: Infrastructure Investments Can Bring Benefits Beyond Jobs (Better Roads) BeltLine Opens … Continued
May 7, 2014
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Rep. Oberstar Remembered as Cycling Advocate on Capitol Hill (Bicycle Retailer, Streets MN) NYT: “No New Taxes” Mantra Is Disservice to Highway Trust Fund Maryland Rep: The Solution Starts with International Tax Reform (WaPo) Senators Introduce Bill to Finance TOD (T4America) Grist: Chamber of Commerce’s Gas Tax Ideas at Odds With Republican Base Michigan Transit … Continued
May 5, 2014
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T4America: What Happens to Your State or City When Transportation Funds Run Out? Connecticut Pumps Up Development Along New Rail, Bus Lines (Hartford Courant) What Can U.S. Cities Learn from Tallin, Estonia’s Free Transit Experiment? (Gov Tech) Development, Streetcar Spur Tucson’s Downtown Growth (Inside Tucson Biz) Is Brain Chemistry Responsible for Car Dependency? (Atlantic Cities) … Continued
May 1, 2014
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Obama’s Transportation Bill Would Allow States to Toll Existing Interstates (Land Line, Hill) Florida’s SunRail Celebrates Grand Opening (News 13) A Proposal for “Networked Livable Communities”(Atlantic Cities) Boston Transpo Team Delivers Fresh Ideas to Mayor (Boston Globe) Study: Does City Living Influence Boomers’ Travel Behavior? Colorado Communities Step Up For Amtrak Funds (Denver Post) For Bike/Ped Infrastructure, … Continued
April 30, 2014
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Feds Visit Memphis to Check Out Sustainable Communities Investments (AP) DC’s Silver Line to Start Running This Summer (WaPo) Foxx Talks Rail Safety at North Dakota Crash Site (The Hill) Study: NJ Transit Should Take Over PATH (Asbury Park Press) North Carolina Groups Rally for Congress to Pass Transpo Bill (Winston Salem Journal) Maryland AG … Continued
April 25, 2014
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Gabe Klein: Fix Urban Transportation with “Sticks and Carrots” (Atlantic Cities) Would It Really Be That Crazy To Tear Down Dallas Freeway? (Dallas Observer) Mayors Take Action on Climate Change While Congress Dozes (E&E) How One Group Has Twisted Notion of “American Dream” to Encourage Sprawl (My San Antonio) Cincy Mayor Boosts Some Cycling Projects, But Not Central … Continued
April 24, 2014
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Obama Team Drawing Up a Specific Transportation Bill Proposal (The Hill) EPA Chief on the Road This Week to Promote Climate Action Plan (EHS Today) WaPo: What Price Will Riders Pay for Metro’s Mess? Beth Osborne: Focus Transpo Resources on Local Communities (Atlantic Cities) Across the Country, Transit Agencies Shift Away from Diesel (Governing) How … Continued
April 23, 2014