All posts from the month of July 2008
National highway money crisis looms
July 31, 2008By Andrew Bielak
The looming crisis for federal transportation funding makes state officials in Pennsylvania leery about the future of their own transportation projects. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review — Jim Ritchie)
Can you spare a dime a gallon?
July 31, 2008By Andrew Bielak
The U.S. government is facing a critical shortfall in its transportation budget, and the Denver Post editorial board is standing behind a 10-cent increase in the federal gas tax as a way to plug the holes in the dam.
Highways Paved With Gold
July 31, 2008By Andrew Bielak
Slate‘s Daniel Gross notes that while anti-transit advocates habitually decry government funding of public transportation, they gloss over the billions in subsidies provided for highways.
Consumers work hard this summer to cut gas intake
July 31, 2008By Andrew Bielak
Americans have aggressively responded to sharp increases in fuel prices, cutting consumption by 2.4% from a year ago, and experts expect demand to continue to remain lower this year. (MarketWatch — Myra Saefong)
Leaping into Light Rail
July 31, 2008By Andrew Bielak
Some cities across the southwest are increasingly looking at light rail as a way to spur transit-oriented development and respond to demands for more urban-style living. (Governing — Zach Patton)
Heavy? Your neighborhood may be to blame
July 30, 2008By Andrew Bielak
America’s obesity problem has a direct connection to the neighborhoods we occupy — and those of us fortunate enough to live in compact, walkable neighborhoods are reaping the health benefits. (MSNBC — Steve Mitchell)
Lightweight Urban Transit Bus Has Double The Fuel Efficiency Of Conventional Hybrid Buses
July 30, 2008By Andrew Bielak
A Michigan company’s plan to develop a new lightweight bus that has twice the fuel efficiency of normal hybrid buses could change the way we get around our cities. (Detroit Free Press — Brent Snavely)
Seeking to rebuild trust in MnDOT
July 30, 2008By Andrew Bielak
Star Tribune editorial board backs a proposal by state lawmakers to improve communications in state’s DOT, allow for increased salaries, and tighten safety requirements (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
DOT chief: Transportation funding needs fixing
July 30, 2008By Andrew Bielak
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters talks about our “broken” federal transportation program, arguing that we need fewer earmarks, streamlined funding for projects, and a new source of revenue other than the gas tax. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Ariel Hart)
Running on empty
July 30, 2008By Andrew Bielak
The Baltimore Sun editorial board argues that the federal government should have raised the gas tax a year ago, and adds that we now need a “new and reliable source of revenue” to deal with a looming crisis for transportation funding
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- House committee ignores broad opposition, decimates transit funding anyway
February 3, 2012 - Massive letter opposing House leadership attack on transit sent to Capitol Hill
February 3, 2012 - House leadership making unprecedented assault on public transit
February 2, 2012 - House Ways and Means proposal to end guaranteed funding for public transportation undoes bipartisan agreement since Reagan
February 2, 2012 - Pedestrian deaths, blaming the victim: headphones edition
January 19, 2012
- House committee ignores broad opposition, decimates transit funding anyway
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