Today’s Headlines — 05/12/09
May 12, 2009By Andrew Bielak
- A fare increase is coming down the pipeline for New York City MTA, but major service cuts are taken off the table. (Reuters)
- Transportation for America unveils its Route to Reform: Blueprint for a 21st Century Transportation Program on Capitol Hill.
- Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis sees a bright future for mass transit. (Hartford Courant)
- Cars become an endangered species in one German suburb. (New York Times)
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- Transit grants out the federal door, but what about the cuts?
March 8, 2010 - Transit riders in Atlanta face massive cuts, “wholesale restructuring” of service
March 5, 2010 - Opposition to Senate extension results in looming shutdown of federal transportation programs
February 26, 2010 - T4 jobs proposal would create nearly half a million jobs, according to Economic Policy Institute
February 17, 2010 - Obama’s 2011 budget gives a lift to livability and transportation
February 2, 2010
- Transit grants out the federal door, but what about the cuts?
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