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Detroit, MI

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For years, public transit advocates have tried to find a champion to expand transit options in Southeast Michigan to at least match other metro areas…

More info at http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20150208/NEWS/302089982/james-robertsons-21-mile-walk-to-work-puts-face-on-area-transit-needs

Monroe, WA

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MONROE — Senior citizens here are among those who are counting as a success this week’s Community Transit Board decision to expand bus service, despite an upcoming fare increase…

More info at http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150208/NEWS01/150209198

Detroit, MI

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In the week since James (The Walking Man) Robertson became the face of tens of thousands of working Detroiters struggling to overcome southeast Michigan's lack of transportation options, more than 11,000 people moved by Robertson's quietly heroic saga have donated $300,000 to put him behind the wheel of his own car…

More info at http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/brian-dickerson/2015/02/07/missing-public-transit-bus/23015403/

Detroit, MI

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So you'd like to take a bus.

It's simple. Just fire up your Internet browser and pull up the appropriate transit service. Depending on where you live, that'd be the Detroit Department of Transportation, the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, or some combination of the two. Just plug in your route — say, from southwest Detroit to the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Warren, a roughly 20-mile trip, leaving Monday morning at 8 a.m…

More info at http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/editorials/2015/02/07/regional-transit-detroit/23015947/

Phoenix, AZ

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Light-rail expansion, a downtown streetcar and improvements to make public transportation more convenient and comfortable are on a more than $30 billion transportation wish list developed by Phoenix leaders — and city taxpayers may soon be asked whether to fund it…

More info at http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/02/07/light-rail-streetcar-focus-proposed-city-sales-tax/22988689/

Detroit, MI

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The story of James Robertson's 21-mile commute is at once inspiring and infuriating. His dedication, day after day, year after year, to walk the distances buses don't run shows the incredible lengths some people will go to keep a job…

More info at http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/02/06/bus-transit-metro-detroit/23016033/

Hillsborough County, FL

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TAMPA — “Go Hillsborough,” the county's effort to learn what types of transportation improvements residents would support, will hold its first community workshops this month…

More info at http://tbo.com/news/politics/workshops-to-seek-input-on-hillsborough-transit-fixes-20150206/

Salt Lake City, UT

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The Utah Senate fired the first round Friday in a tussle with the House over whether to raise the state's gasoline tax, and how…

More info at http://www.sltrib.com/home/2148950-155/10-cent-a-gallon-gas-tax-hike-proposed

Los Angeles, CA

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GETTING THERE FROM HERE-We live in fractured and psychologically-trying times, from both a political and economic point of view…

More info at http://www.citywatchla.com/lead-stories-hidden/8412-obama-transit-infrastructure-funds-to-la-good-policy-or-good-politics

Lorain County, OH

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ELYRIA — A 0.25 percent sales tax raising $8 million annually is needed to jumpstart Lorain County’s public transportation system…

More info at http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2015/02/05/forum-discusses-absence-transit/