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Brief Update on National Transportation Funding
As some of you are aware, the current federal transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU, expired last night at midnight. Over the past two months, the debate had been vacillating between the passage of a new bi… more →
Crossroads
Brief Update on National Transportation Funding
Beata Bujalska wrote 1 month ago: As some of you are aware, the current federal transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU, expired last night at … more →
Whither East Bay BRT?
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Eric wrote 2 months ago: Courtesy of AC Transit. The AC Transit Board of Directors held a meeting to confront head-on the ris … more →
FTA and TIFIA Funds for AC Transit, Central Subway, and Transbay
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Eric wrote 2 months ago: This week, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced various grants, including money that w … more →
Update: Metropolitan Area Growth
meltzerm wrote 2 months ago: On Monday I wrote a post regarding the relationship of the size of metropolitan areas in the US to p … more →
"Stranded at the Station"
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Eric wrote 3 months ago: Transportation for America and the Transportation Equity Network have released a new joint report, S … more →
Is the Oakland Airport Connector a Good TIGER-TIFIA Project? (Part 2)
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Eric wrote 3 months ago: In Part 1 of this post, we gave a little background on the TIFIA and TIGER federal funds that BART w … more →
Is the Oakland Airport Connector a Good TIGER-TIFIA Project? (Part 1)
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Eric wrote 3 months ago: Short answer: not exactly. But with the suspense now cleared from the air, let’s back up a bit … more →
Economist's Perspective on High-Speed Rail
Beata Bujalska wrote 4 months ago: The New York Times blog Economix is running a three-to-four part blog narrative by Edward Glaeser, p … more →
Funding Challenges for Pennsylvania’s Transportation Needs
Beata Bujalska wrote 4 months ago: Over the weekend, The Morning Call ran a story that examined the funding issues hovering over Pennsy … more →
Oregonian distorts high-speed rail debate
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johnochwat wrote 4 months ago: The headline in the article promises so much: “Oregon bids for high-speed rail between Portlan … more →
RenewLV's Steven Bliss discussing Rail Service in the Lehigh Valley
Beata Bujalska wrote 5 months ago: Tune in to PBS Channel 39 this weekend to see Steven Bliss, Executive Director of RenewLV, featured … more →
In Search of a Stable Equilibrium
Eric wrote 7 months ago: The elimination of State Transit Assistance (STA) funds in California has forced transit operators t … more →
Where is the Transit Voice?
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Eric wrote 7 months ago: There is a lot that we might say about the fare hikes and service cuts that the SFMTA has proposed t … more →
Shifting Funds, Shifty Priorities
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Eric wrote 8 months ago: First, A Few Numbers (and Acronyms) Regular readers may recall our previous discussion of Transporta … more →
Sightline Daily top picks 03/13/2009
brandibratrude wrote 8 months ago: photo credit Sightline Daily | Northwest News That Matters Top Picks of the Day 1. Gray Areas Linger … more →
Update: Bay Area STA Funds for 2008-09
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Eric wrote 9 months ago: Last week, we discussed how the finalized state budget decimated State Transit Assistance Funds (STA … more →
Budget Deal Is Not A Deal For Transit
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Eric wrote 9 months ago: UPDATE (23 February 2009): For updated figures on transit funding loss for FY2008-09, read this post … more →
Squeezing the Sponge Dry
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Eric wrote 9 months ago: In the last two budget cycles, California’s leaders elected to redirect some $3 billion away f … more →
Stimulus Update: Details from the Final Package
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Eric wrote 9 months ago: Talking Points Memo has the details on allocations in the final stimulus package. How do things stan … more →
