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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
Tell the Mayor That You Want Better Transportation
Mayor Villaraigosa wants to hear from you!
December 22, 2008
Same.gov: A Transpo Secretary Who’s Hard to Believe In
On Monday, Obama announced his "green dream team." Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wasn't there.
December 18, 2008
Why Stimulus Money Should Go to Cities, Not States
I spoke earlier today to David Burwell, founder of the Surface Transportation Policy Project and a strategic consultant with the Transportation for America campaign, about how the stimulus package is shaping up for transportation projects, why it might go wrong, and what can be done to set it on the right track.
December 17, 2008
Stimulus Package on Track to Perpetuate Transpo Status Quo
A front page story in yesterday's Washington Post
has the most thorough analysis to date of how infrastructure spending
may be divvied up in an Obama stimulus package. Nothing is set in
stone, but the dividing lines are increasingly clear: States and their
DOTs are emphasizing road projects, while cities are looking for ways
to reduce congestion. The emphasis on getting shovels in the ground
quickly will also skew spending, says Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak:
December 15, 2008
How to Build a Better Infrastructure Plan
Economists and lawmakers are batting around increasingly large figures for the Obama admin's upcoming stimulus package -- 300 billion dollars, 500 billion, a trillion? Whatever the final sum, a big cut will get plowed into transpo projects. The question is whether all that money will perpetuate an outdated system or lead toward a future where cars and gas aren't seen as basic necessities for most Americans.
December 3, 2008