Commuters Take Train More Even as Gasoline Prices Drop
Released by Bloomberg Business (Bloomberg) -- Public transit use in the U.S. jumped to the highest yearly level since 1956 last year, shrugging off a plunge in gasoline prices... More [...]
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Record 10.8 Billion Trips Taken On U.S. Public Transportation In 2014
Released by American Public Transportation Association Americans took 10.8 billion trips on public transportation in 2014, which is the highest annual public transit ridership number in 58 years, according to [...]
Caltrans, LACMTA consider light-rail option to close Pasadena to East Los Angeles gap
Los Angeles, CA Released by RT&S There are five alternatives under the study: the legally-required no build option, a freeway tunnel, light-rail transit between East Los Angeles and Pasadena, bus [...]
Volunteers sought for MST Measure Q oversight committee
Monterey, CA Released by The Californian On Nov. 4, the voters of Monterey County approved the first-ever countywide sales tax measure for public transit. Beginning in July 2015, the Monterey-Salinas [...]
Editorial: Hillsborough goes too far to fight conspiracy theories on transit
Hillsborough County, FL Released by Tampa Bay Times Hillsborough County's 2010 transit referendum failed in part because some county officials did everything they could to foment distrust of the process. [...]
Time may not be on side of Yes campaign as mailing of ballots nears
Vancouver, CAN Released by The Globe and Mail As B.C’s electoral agency prepares to mail about 1.5 million ballots to Vancouver region voters in a plebiscite on funding new transit, [...]
Voters are responsible for Kansas City’s surging taxes
Kansas City, Released by The Kansas City Star If you want to know who is most responsible for the more than decadelong surge of taxes and fees in Kansas City, [...]
Lorain County transit situation discussed at public forum
Lorain County, OH Released by The Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — Everyone needs to travel, but not everyone can drive. State legislators aren’t getting that message, public transportation advocates said at a [...]
Will Vancouver think big on transit?
Vancouver, CAN Released by The Globe and Mail Referendums are hard to win – not impossible, but hard. Being against is often easier than being for. Proponents of a cause [...]
Kiss: How does new Lucas County sales tax rate really compare to other urban Ohio counties?
Lucas County, OH Released by Toledo Free Press At their Jan. 20 meeting, the Board of Lucas County Commissioners voted unanimously to authorize a continuous (permanent) 0.25 percent increase in [...]