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Trump administration has effectively halted the pipeline of new transit projects

13 Aug 2018 | Posted by Steve Davis | 2 Comments | Appropriations, brt, federal funding, FTA, light rail, President Trump, Secretary Chao, streetcar, stuck in the station, transit funding, usdot

Last March, Congress provided the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) with about $1.4 billion to help build and expand transit systems across the country. 142 days later and counting, FTA has obligated almost none of these funds to new transit projects. Our resource—Stuck in the Station—will continue tracking exactly how long FTA has been declining to do their job, how much money has been committed, and which communities are paying a hefty price in avoidable delays.

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El Paso’s Transnational Trolley: How art can help imagine creative transportation solutions

8 Sep 2017 | Posted by Mallory Nezam | 2 Comments | arts and culture, creative placemaking, el paso, streetcar, texas, transit

What begun as a sort of arts-driven guerilla marketing campaign for the fictional return of a historic streetcar in the border communities of El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, is becoming a reality, a demonstration of the power of art to capture the imagination of a community and help them look at old problems in different ways and imagine creative solutions.

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