transit funding
Basics
Op-Ed: Every City Should Try This Innovative Way To Fund Transit
When the city builds a train line or a bus route, adjacent property values sky rocket. Why shouldn't the public benefit from that phenomenon — and use that money to expand transit more?
March 9, 2020
Before You Vote This Super Tuesday, Read This Cartoon
For your Election Day funnies, let's revisit a classic Boston cartoon about where the real socialism lies in these United States: on the open road. The cartoon is by Dan Wasserman of the Boston Globe. The “T” is Boston’s public transportation systems operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
March 3, 2020
Gas Taxes May Not Be Just For Roads Anymore In Georgia
The Georgia State Senate may finally let transportation leaders use fuel tax dollars for sustainable transportation — and not just endless infrastructure for cars.
February 11, 2020
Federal Bus Grants Are Just Too Damn Low
Federal bus grants of $454.6 million sound like a lot...until you consider that it's for the whole country.
February 3, 2020
Democrats’ Infrastructure Plan Has a Lot to Like
If you like your streets livable, your transit funded and your climate change addressed, there's a lot to like in the Democrats' infrastructure plan.
January 30, 2020
Winners and Losers In $1.4T Fed Spending Bill
Congress has some stocking stuffers and a few lumps of coal for the transportation sector in the $1.4 trillion spending package the House of Representatives passed on Tuesday in one of the last votes of the year before impeachment.
December 19, 2019
