T4 Lobby Maps Its Route
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 so years, but this time, when the gargantuan transportation bill is written, “smart growth” advocates are determined to play a prominent role — muscling aside the bill’s traditional highway heavy hitters.
How prominent a role, however, depends in part on whether the price of gasoline continues to hover around $4 a gallon, a price point that has suddenly made Americans acutely conscious of how much they drive.
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September 12, 2008Still stuck in the ’50s
Maryland PIRG policy associate Kristi Hovarth points to the numerous flaws behind our outdated federal transportation policy — and offers a multitude of suggestions for fixing it.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)
September 11, 2008Senate restores highway trust fund
The U.S. Senate approves a plan to move $8 billion dollars into the highway trust fund. (Associated Press)
July 31, 2008National highway money crisis looms
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)
July 17, 2008Highway fund is latest victim of high gas prices
Members of Congress are struggling to come up with ways to deal with decreasing gas tax revenue and a shortfall in federal funding for transportation. But despite record ridership for transit agencies across the country, The Hill doesn’t seem to realize that money in the “highway fund” isn’t just for highways. (The Hill — Susan Crabtree)
July 15, 2008ODOT expects $172M less due to fallout from high gas prices
Oklahoma’s department of transportation is bracing for a huge drop in federal funding in 2009 due to decreasing revenues from the gas tax. (Oklahoma City Journal Record — Janice Francis Smith)
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