Stories tagged with federal policy
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Health advocates blanket Congress with health & transportation messageOctober 19, 2009
By Sean Barry
Our transportation investments and the built environment — what we build and where — have an enormous impact on our health and the cost of our health care. With the debate over health care reform dominating the news daily, Transportation for America and coalition members from across the country took that powerful — yet often ignored or neglected — message to Capitol Hill leaders with a “health fly-in” last Friday.
September 22, 2008
By Andrew Bielak
The following article, which was written by T.R. Goldman for the newspaper Roll Call, focuses on the Transportation for America Campaign and its nationwide push for a better transportation program. The story is posted below in its entirety and can also be viewed here by subscribers to Roll Call. It comes around every half-dozen or [...]
Federal Aid to Detroit Seems LikelySeptember 18, 2008
By Andrew Bielak
Democrats and Republicans in Congress — along with both presidential candidates — are supporting a plan to provide $25 billion in loan guarantees to struggling American auto manufacturers. (New York Times — David Herszenhorn)
Next Bailout May Be for AutomakersSeptember 16, 2008
By Andrew Bielak
While mass transit agencies are struggling with rising costs and surging ridership, Congress is considering loaning $25 billion to struggling automakers to help them make more fuel-efficient vehicles. (New York Sun — Russell Berman)
Time for federal government to invest more in mass transit systemSeptember 15, 2008
By Andrew Bielak
Senator Hillary Clinton calls for a renewed commitment to mass transit in a New York Daily News op-ed, asserting that we must “make public transportation a public priority” to improve our economy, reduce our dependence on oil, and combat climate change.
Paying for RoadsSeptember 15, 2008
By Andrew Bielak
The Washington Post editorial board argues that the next administration must think deeply about the transportation challenges facing the nation and come up with new and sustainable methods for funding infrastructure.
Still stuck in the ’50sSeptember 12, 2008
By Andrew Bielak
Maryland PIRG policy associate Kristi Hovarth points to the numerous flaws behind our outdated federal transportation policy — and offers a multitude of suggestions for fixing it. (Baltimore Sun)
Senate restores highway trust fundSeptember 11, 2008
By Andrew Bielak
The U.S. Senate approves a plan to move $8 billion dollars into the highway trust fund. (Associated Press)
Public Transportation: Filling the gapSeptember 11, 2008
By Andrew Bielak
As buses in Topeka, Kansas fill up with more passengers and the local transit authority struggles to maintain service, the Topeka Capital-Journal‘s editorial board urges Congress to buckle down on finding ways to fund mass transit.
Expanding Transit Will Help Americans in Tough EconomySeptember 10, 2008
By Andrew Bielak
At a hearing in front of the Senate Banking Committee, Andrew Darrell of the Environmental Defense Fund urges political leaders to support overburdened transit agencies in order to create jobs, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and combat climate change. (Environmental Defense Fund)




