Trump’s ‘Anarchist’ Ruling Could Hurt Transit in 3 Cities
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The president threatened to cut funding to those cities — and, apparently, his agencies have gotten the memo.
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Congress Sells Out Non-Drivers with New FAST Act
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Congress passed a short-term spending bill that will renew funding for our existing car-focused infrastructure, missing an opportunity to reform a broken system that's killing our planet and its people.
Report: We Must Divert Money from Driving to Transit
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The federal government needs an entirely different way of funding transportation — one that would finally allocate billions of dollars that currently subsidize and encourage driving to fund and expand transit, a new report argues.
Federal Corona Bill Seems Generous To Transit. It’s Not.
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New crisis, same old mistakes. The Federal Transit Administration’s $25-billion COVID-19 public transit grant package contains much-needed lifelines for struggling transit agencies across the country — but the amount received by each agency did not take into account the new reality of the virus, but were allocated using the same formulas from normal years. As a […]
Op-Ed: Yes, Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for Transportation
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And it doesn't look anything like her fellow candidates' proposals.
Wisconsin Slow to Improve Transit
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Wisconsin is trying to stop its brain drain — and transit can provide the plug ... if state lawmakers would only embrace it.