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Tonight: PBS on Transit, States, and the Stimulus
Streetsbloggers will want to tune in to PBS tonight for the latest installment in the Blueprint America series. NOW will look at where all that stimulus cash is headed. Here's the teaser:
February 13, 2009
Senate Approves Stimulus Bill — On to Conference Committee
The Senate approved its version of the stimulus bill this afternoon
by a 61-37 vote. Attention now turns to conference committee
negotiations, where differences between the House and Senate bills will
get ironed out. Politico has the scoop on who will be negotiating on the Senate side, and they're not exactly an urban bunch:
February 10, 2009
Call This Morning to Secure More Transit Money in Stimulus
Last night Jerrold Nadler's stimulus bill amendment, which would add $3
billion for transit, cleared the House Rules
Committee. The full House may vote on the amendment by noon today, so the sooner you call your representative the better.
January 28, 2009
LA Times: State Should Act to Save Transit Funding
An editorial in today's Los Angeles Times takes the Governor, the Democratic-controlled legislature, and pretty much everyone involved in the dramatic showdown in state government to task for their role in stripping transit funding in the proposed budgets that are floating around Sacramento. Sounding more like Kymberleigh Richards or Bart Reed than the flagship newspaper for the Car Culture Capital of America, the Times doesn't pull punches as it breaks down the issue.
January 12, 2009
Measure R Highway Funds Ready to Roll. Transit Funds? Not So Much.
Yesterday, the Bottleneck Blog publicly released the changes to Metro's Long Range Plan that will be voted upon by the Metro Board at the end of the month. Steve Hymon noted that there were many changes to the timelines to complete projects, and many of them weren't acceleration notices. Below is the timeline, with various comments that were collected from around the Internet and news reports included.
January 7, 2009
Report: Good Transit and Good Jobs Go Hand in Hand
MARTA train in Atlanta, Georgia, where officials are studying the link between transit and job growth. How could federal job creation programs be greener? Making access to public transit a priority would be one way. A report called “Uncle Sam’s Rusty Toolkit,” released today by Good Jobs First, details the group’s finding that federal job-creation … Continued
November 21, 2008
NBC’s Football Talking Heads Take Transit, Walk to Work
In a segment on NBC’s “Football Night in America” last night, the network’s NFL desk anchors and commentators were asked what they’ve done to “green their routines.” While Jerome Bettis uses the cold setting for laundry and Keith Olberman forgoes bottled water, Cris Collinsworth said he is walking to the studio every Sunday, and former … Continued
November 18, 2008