Today’s Headlines

LaHood hits upstate New York to talk up the potential future of local high-speed rail (Roch Biz Jrnl, RocNow, EmpireStateNews)

Passage of new sales tax to fund transit sparking recriminations among St. Louis tea partyers (Post-Dispatch)

U.S. DOT pledges $200 million for the cross-Hudson River transit tunnel (Star-Ledger)

Local crackdowns on distracted drivers touted as the start of a nationwide trend (Post-Standard)

The home buyer’s tax credit may be on its last legs in Congress … (The Hill Blog)

… as its members return to Washington for a make-or-break attempt at climate legislating in the Senate (The Hill Blog)

Pennsylvania state GOP lawmaker proposes a package of solutions to close the transport funding gap opened by the federal rejection of new tolls on I-80 (Prog. RR’ing)

L.A. transit agency strikes deal to install natural gas fueling stations for buses (CEFC Press)

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Things are looking up transit riders in Washington, where Democratic Governor Jay Inslee fended off attacks on transit funding. But in Ohio, Republican Governor John Kasich delivered a blow to transit service with a stroke of his veto pen.

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By Katie Pearce | Mar 4, 2015

House Vote on Amtrak Bill Expected Today, After Bump Back (The Hill) D.C. Faces Continued Logjam of Local Transit Projects (WaPo) Phoenix Voters Will Decide on Tax Hike for Transpo (AZ Central) Highlights of the New “Move Seattle” 1o-Year Plan (Seattle Transit Blog) Boston-Area Transit May Need $6.7B in Upgrades (Boston Globe) California High-Speed Rail […]

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By Tanya Snyder | Mar 10, 2014

Transit Ridership at Its Highest Point Since the Rise of the Suburbs (AP, NYT) Camp Looking to Obama for a “Common Road” on Tax Reform (The Hill) Senate Dems to Pull an All-Nighter for the Climate Tonight (The Hill) When “Local Control” Means State Government Controls the Locals… (Tennessean) …Sometimes the States (i.e. SC) Threaten […]

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By Elana Schor | Feb 2, 2010

Bad news for Big Oil in the White House budget, which seeks to axe $36.5B in subsidies — but will Congress go along? (TNR’s The Vine) That $100m jobs bill, including infrastructure, that the White House is hoping for? It might look considerably smaller once the Senate acts, perhaps this week (Politico) Georgia political heavyweights […]

Where’s the National Business Voice for Transit?

By Tanya Snyder | May 30, 2013

At the local level, business has been a key force in cementing transit victories. But at a national level, the business voice has been largely absent from heated, high-stakes debates about transit. With a new report called “Bosses For Buses,” Good Jobs First investigates the disparity between local- and national-level organizing efforts by employers. In […]

Does Transit-Oriented Development Work Even Without Transit?

By Elana Schor | Jan 8, 2010

Yes, says urban planner Neil Payton. From his guest column today on Reconnecting America’s blog: Denver’s light rail, in the background, ended up increasing the value of nearby homes. (Photo: Denver Post) Either [local planners] view [transit access] as too distant a possibility to factor in or, ironically, they view rail transit as a means […]