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January 23, 2017

News Articles You (May Have) Missed Last Week 

  • President Trump’s first proposed budget may include the entire elimination of federal support for transit. (Streetsblog USA).
  • Vice President Mike Pence reiterated that President Trump is planning a “big” infrastructure bill as one of his presidential priorities. (The Hill)
  • Transportation engineers are the people that design the streets and communities that we  live in. So shouldn’t their lingo match how we talk? Unfortunately, many of the terms and definitions used in the transportation engineering are stuck in the 1950’s and out of date. Here are eight “euphemisms” that should go. (Streetsblog USA)
  • Tennessee may be the next state to join the recent trend of states raising much needed transportation funding. Governor Bill Haslem of Tennessee has proposed a plan to raise the gas tax by 7 cents and allow local jurisdictions like Nashville to collect additional sales taxes to meet transit needs. (Nashville Public Radio)
  • Deep red South Carolina may also join Tennessee too. South Carolina Republican leaders last week introduced a proposal to raise South Carolina’s gas tax, which is the second lowest in the nation. Their plan would raise the current 16.75-cent-a-gallon gas tax by 10 cents over five years, thereby generating $600 million more a year to help repair bridges and roads. (The State)
  • The first privately run and operated rail service in 100 years is getting closer to launch. Officials with All Aboard Florida showed off their new train sets for the Brightline service, which will run from Miami to Orlando. (USA Today)
  • Do you hate traffic? Well now, Logan Green and John Zimmer, the co-founders of Lyft, have a controversial idea for ending traffic. They want to encourage more people to carpool by charging a fee to those who don’t. (The Verge)

 

 

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