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Phoenix, AZ

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Frustrated by gridlock at the federal level, major cities are increasingly taking it upon themselves to pay for massive infrastructure projects…

More info at http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/06/25/phoenix-mayor-cities-adjusting-to-less-federal-money-for-transportation/

Pinellas County, FL

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The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is taking steps to ensure its continued solvency. A budget proposal being presented to the PSTA board next week shows financial stability for the agency over the next four years…

More info at http://www.saintpetersblog.com/archives/234169

Salt Lake City, UT

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Mass transit may aim mostly to move people efficiently and reduce traffic congestion and pollution. But a new study looking at Utah says rail expansion also attracted plenty of firms and development that created hundreds of jobs…

More info at http://www.sltrib.com/home/2665260-155/study-uta-rail-projects-helped-fuel

Houston, TX

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Houston's population grew last year by an estimated 88 people a day, a curious statistic that's nowhere more evident than on the city's freeways…

More info at http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/06/26/houston-voters-rate-traffic-one-of-citys-biggest-problems/29315191/

Houston, TX

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A lot of people are skeptical of Metro and its various missions and initiatives, ranging from those who oppose any more light rail to skeptics of the transit agency’s role in Uptown’s plans for express buses on Post Oak. The latter issue even got the agency sued recently…

More info at http://blog.chron.com/thehighwayman/2015/06/metro-won-a-national-award-and-heres-why-its-a-big-deal/

Portland, OR

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Business people don’t cheer wildly when TriMet talks about increasing taxes on their companies. However, in the case of a TriMet payroll tax hike now being contemplated, they at least can be assured the regional transit agency is taking a thoughtful approach…

More info at http://portlandtribune.com/pt/10-opinion/264679-137782-our-opinion-trimet-tax-hike-wont-be-too-painful

Milwaukee, WI

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The Milwaukee metropolitan area must upgrade its public transit if it is to compete with peer cities for the key millennial demographic, experts told an audience at a conference Tuesday organized by MetroGO! and the University Club of Milwaukee…

More info at http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2015/06/25/plenty-of-horne-transit-expansion-urged/

Las Vegas, NV

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If light rail would be so great for Las Vegas, then why has mass transit ridership been flat or in decline in other major cities that have it?…

More info at http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/patrick-everson/strip-s-bus-success-makes-case-against-light-rail

Salt Lake City, UT

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OGDEN — The Utah chapter of Americans For Prosperity — which nationally serves as the principal advocacy group for the billionaire Koch brothers — urged Utah’s elected county officials to keep a local sales tax option for transportation off November’s ballot….

More info at http://www.standard.net/Government/2015/06/23/Koch-brothers-organization-chimes-in-on-local-sales-tax-increase-for-transportation.html

Everett, WA

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EVERETT — Sound Transit is moving forward to bring a light rail line to Everett in the next few decades. Right now, it’s looking for input on where it should go…

More info at http://www.snoho.com/stories_2015/062415_everett_sound_transit_3.html