Trump Guts Obama-Era Transit Funding to Build Roads
| | No Comments
Obama allocated 28 percent of federal grants to transit. It's 8.5 percent under Trump. And funding for bike and pedestrian projects dropped to zero.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Boondoggles
Bad News? St. Louis's Tourist Trolley Gets a Lifeline
| | No Comments
A tourist line was built with $25 million in federal transit money. Will the feds now make St. Louis pay for its mistake?
Seattle Sues To Keep Car Tabs And Save Transit
| | No Comments
Seattle leaders are not wasting any time to stymie a statewide ballot measure voters approved on Tuesday, announcing a lawsuit to block Initiative 976, which could drain tens of billions in transportation funding across the entire state by reducing annual vehicle registration fees. King County Executive Dow Constantine along with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and […]
Schumer Pushes Electric Cars — Here’s Why He’s Wrong
| | No Comments
Message to the senior senator from New York: Electric cars are still cars — and they still suck.
Climate Change Fight Dies in Texas Oil Region
| | 3 Comments
An oil-rich region of West Texas is about to get more than half a billion dollars in highway funds so it can continue to pump more crude and frack natural gas — perpetuating a cycle that is causing the destruction of human civilization.
Bond Voyage! Houston Faces $3.5B Transit Decision
| | 3 Comments
Houston has a once in a generation opportunity to modernize its transit system this fall — and the city hopes to learn from Nashville's mistakes.