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U.S. Transit Trips Hit 10.2B in 2009, With Light Rail Up in Nine Cities
The nation's transit systems hosted 10.2
billion trips last year, the American Public Transportation Association
(APTA) reported
yesterday. While that figure represents a 3.8 percent decline from
2008, APTA's data showed light rail ridership rising in nine cities and
the long-term increase in transit use continuing to outpace growth in
population and vehicle miles traveled.
March 9, 2010
CA Transit Operators Hopeful State Diesel Tax Will Create Stable Funding
When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed eliminating the sales tax on gasoline in his new budget, transit operators and advocates saw the announcement as a move to subvert a California Supreme Court ruling that required the state to stop raiding transit funds.
March 9, 2010
House Set to Pass Jobs Bill With Changes, Prompting Another Senate Vote
The House has just begun voting on the Senate jobs bill, which includes a $20 billion reprieve for the nation's highway trust fund and an highway expansion of Build America Bonds -- but though the legislation is expected to pass, it won't be headed to the president's desk yet.
March 4, 2010
Senate Starts Work on New Transport Bill, With House Version as a Guide
The Senate today took its first steps towards voting on a new
long-term federal transportation bill, with environment committee
chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) vowing to take up a successor to the 2005
infrastructure law before 2011 and indicating she would use the
House's already-introduced
version as a framework.
March 3, 2010
National Survey: Driving Down in 2009, Sustainable Transport Up
Between
2001 and 2009, the share of trips that Americans made in cars dropped
by more than four percent, with walking, bicycling and transit use
picking up the slack, according to new data from the U.S. Department of
Transportation.
March 2, 2010
Federal Transportation Law Expired Over the Weekend: What’s Next?
A new month begins today without rules in place to govern federal transportation programs, thanks to an objection by Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) to quick approval of a short-term extension of existing law.
March 1, 2010
The Big Question: What is the Purpose of Federal Transportation Spending?
With the White House's agenda crowded by high-profile debates that
remain unresolved after lengthy talks with Congress -- think health
care, financial regulation, even unemployment benefits
-- only a handful of lawmakers are publicly engaging with the dominant
issues surrounding the next long-term federal transportation bill.
February 26, 2010
New Analysis: Major Cities Still Shortchanged by Transportation Stimulus
The Obama administration's awarding of $1.5 billion in competitive transportation stimulus grants on Wednesday sparked elation in cities such as Kansas City and New Orleans. But those celebrations were more than just anecdotal evidence of the so-called TIGER program's urban impact, according to a new analysis from the Brookings Institution's Rob Puentes.
February 19, 2010
Who Lost Out in the Bid for a Piece of TIGER Transportation Stimulus?
With more than $56 billion in applications submitted for just $1.5
billion in available funding, the Obama administration's TIGER grants
-- short for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery --
was one of the stimulus law's most hotly contested programs. So it's no
surprise that the process resulted in its share of losers as well as winners.
February 17, 2010
Freight Rail, Streetcars Are Tops in Stimulus’ TIGER Chase
The Obama administration today announced the winners of $1.5 billion
stimulus in highly competitive stimulus grants under the program known
as Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER.
Southeastern and midwestern freight rail projects were the day's
biggest winners, with urban streetcar projects also making a big splash.
February 17, 2010