Two Pessimistic Outlooks on Fixing the Nation's Bridges
NPR'S Scott Simon introduces the topic (on the audio version) with this somber revelation: "[C]hances are 1 in 9 that a bridge you drive over has been deemed structurally defPublication Date: Sat,...
View ArticleNew Report Calls Attention to Need for Critical Bridge Funding
Larry Copeland writes about Transportation for American's newest bridge report, "The Fix We’re In For: The State of Our Bridges", released June 19.Publication Date: Wed, 06/19/2013
View ArticleWhat Millennials Want: A Multi-Modal City
David Goldberg shares news of a recent study by The Rockefeller Foundation and Transportation for America finding that “[four] in five millennials say they want to live in places where they have a...
View ArticleStraight Talk in Maine on Roads, Bridges, and Rail Maintanence
Reps. Andrew McLean (D-Gorham) and Robert Nutting (R-Oakland) serve on the Legislature's Publication Date: Mon, 06/09/2014
View ArticleMixed Reviews on New Passenger Rail Reauthorization Act
"The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee approved the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014 (PRRIA, H.R.Publication Date: Thu, 09/18/2014
View ArticleCampaign 2014: Rhode Island Transit Measure
Previously, voters supported transportation measures that included funds for commuter rail and buses, but Publication Date: Tue, 10/28/2014
View ArticleNew Guide Provides Advice for Successful Regional Planning
Angie Schmitt shares news of a new guide for metropolitan planning organizations, released by Transportation or America, called "The Innovative MPO."Publication Date: Tue, 01/13/2015
View ArticleCongressional Hearing Addresses Transportation Funding Problem
"For the first time since 2012, the House of Representatives held a hearing focused on funding the nation’s transportation system," writes Stephen Lee Davis, Deputy CommunicationsPublication Date: Wed,...
View ArticleSurgeon General Warning to Local Governments: Stop Being So Auto-Centric!
It's called active living and it is one of four healthy practices that appear on the Surgeon General's websitePublication Date: Wed, 09/02/2015
View Article6-year Transportation Reauthorization Passes Committee; 3-Week Extension...
"The Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee today unanimously approved the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform (STRR) Act of 2015 (Publication Date: Sat, 10/24/2015
View ArticleHouse Rejects Amendment Allowing Heavier Trucks
The bi-partisan amendment known as the Safe, Flexible, and Efficient (SAFE) Trucking Act from Reps.Publication Date: Tue, 11/03/2015
View ArticleSeattle Moves in a Big Way on Election Day
"Seattle will get moving again," Murray told revelers (on Tuesday, Nov.Publication Date: Wed, 11/04/2015
View ArticleSidewalk Labs and Transportation For America to Develop Connected Streets
"The national advocacy group Transportation for America (T4A) and Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced today a partnership to drive the development Publication...
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President Trump's Other Infrastructure Plan—Defunding Grant Programs
Expect massive cuts to the TIGER grant program, if not elimination, reports Melanie Zanona for The Hill, because "[t]hPublication Date: Sun, 03/12/2017
View ArticleDid the Outlook for Electric Vehicle Sales in U.S. Just Nosedive?
InsideClimate News' Marianne Lavelle looks into how the Publication Date: Thu, 09/19/2019
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New Priorities, Not More Money, Need to Reform Federal Transportation Policy
"Transportation for America is no longer asking Congress to provide an increase in money for [the] federal transportation program."That's the perhaps surprising revelation at the heart of a recent...
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