Statewide, MI
Released by Metro Times
Reports this morning indicate the state Legislature, after two years of intense debate that went nowhere, have decided to finally address how to fix our god-awful roads…
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More than 2.7 Billion Trips Taken on Public Transportation in 2014 Third Quarter, Higher Ridership Than Last Year’s Record Ridership
National,
Released by American Public Transportation Association
More than 2.7 billion trips were taken on U.S. public transportation in the third quarter of 2014, according to a report released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). This is a 1.8 percent increase over the same quarter last year, representing an increase of more than 48 million trips and the highest third quarter ridership since 1974 (the oldest third quarter APTA has available for comparison)…
More info at http://www.apta.com/mediacenter/pressreleases/2014/Pages/141217_Ridership.aspx
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Sound Transit to ask for more taxing authority to fund future Federal Way projects, others
Seattle , WA
Released by Kent Reporter
The Government Affairs Committee with the Greater Federal Way Chamber of Commerce met with a Sound Transit representative last week to learn about Sound Transit’s plans for the upcoming Washington state Legislative session to request additional taxing authority for a third regional transit ballot measure…
More info at http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/12/16/inslee-carbon-pollution-fee-and-a-more-taxing-sound-transit/
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SMART needs another $225 million to get train, pedestrian path from Larkspur to Cloverdale
Larkspur, CA
Released by Marinij
The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency needs another $225 million to get commuter rail and a pedestrian pathway from Larkspur to Cloverdale, as promised to voters in 2008…
More info at http://www.marinij.com/novato/ci_27158465/smart-needs-another-225-million-get-train-pedestrian
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Vancouver looks to Los Angeles for insight on transit referendum
Vancouver, CAN
Released by The Globe and Mail
A sales tax is not the ideal way to pay for transit, but it is the most politically saleable, says the leader of one of the continent’s most successful pro-transit coalitions…
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BALDREY: ‘Yes’ vote on transit tax would be groundbreaking
Vancouver, CAN
Released by The Now
If a majority of Metro Vancouver voters endorse TransLink's proposed halfpoint increase in the sales tax to fund transportation projects, the ramifications could go well beyond the region and the specific issue being voted on…
More info at http://www.thenownewspaper.com/baldrey-yes-vote-on-transit-tax-would-be-groundbreaking-1.1683927
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Mass Transit needs likely to increase
Murfreesboro, TN
Released by Daily News Journal
As efforts continue to incorporate mass transportation in Murfreesboro's transportation system, increasing traffic in the city already has had an impact on the Rover service that provides this transit…
More info at http://www.dnj.com/story/opinion/editorials/2014/12/16/mass-transit-needs-likely-increase/20406943/
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MARTA making progress on projects big and small
Atlanta Metro, GA
Released by Decaturish
The basic things have held MARTA back for years.
Trains haven’t run on time. Funding for the transit system has been hamstrung by a rule that dictated where MARTA could spend the sales tax money it receives from the city of Atlanta, and Fulton and DeKalb counties. MARTA raised fares while cutting services. Also, the agency had removed 2/3 of station bathrooms within five years.
More info at http://www.decaturish.com/2014/12/marta-making-progress-projects-big-small/
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New Wake Transit Study A Precursor to Light Rail?
Wake County, NC
Released by Carolina Journal
RALEIGH — Wake County officials insist the launch of another mass transit study is not an attempt to find a friendlier outcome just one year after three transit consultants determined the market couldn’t bear the costs of light rail..
More info at http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=11634
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Bullet train’s eventual link to L.A. rail system far from clear-cut
Los Angeles, CA
Released by Los Angeles Times
As California's bullet train officials begin to lay plans for the system's Los Angeles segment, a major technical issue is coming under close scrutiny: incompatibility between the sleek, high-speed electric trains and the region's older, diesel-powered commuter rail network…
More info at http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-adv-bullet-metrolink-20141214-story.html#page=1