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What Plan B might look like: Potential streetcar funding options
Sacramento, CA Released by Sacramento Business Journal Although Tuesday’s vote leaves Sacramento’s streetcar with no clear path forward, the project could still become reality with the help of cap-and-trade dollars, [...]
Roadshow: Your gas tax money goes to transportation, not the general fund
Contra Costa County, CA Released by Contra Costa Times More info at http://www.contracostatimes.com/mr-roadshow/ci_28240896/roadshow-your-gas-tax-money-goes-transportation-not
Transit Agencies Need Online Savvy to Influence Politics
Released by Mobility Lab Surveying and research modeling for transit ballot measures typically happens in the final crunch before elections... More info at http://mobilitylab.org/2015/06/02/transit-agencies-need-online-savvy-to-influence-politics/
Voters to get say on transit funds
Austin, TX Released by Star-Telegram AUSTIN- The Legislature voted Saturday to ask the state's voters in November to approve a plan to boost annual transportation funding by billions of dollars... [...]
Funding a roadblock to CATA
Little Rock, AR Released by Arkansas Online f the Central Arkansas Transit Authority wants to provide enhanced services such as Bus Rapid Transit and more frequent stops on major routes, [...]
Metro area transit tax faces challenge
Detroit, MI Released by The Detroit News Regional Transit Authority leaders are trying to build support for a 2016 millage campaign for rapid transit bus routes in Metro Detroit, but [...]
CATA rebranding to Rock Region Metro
Little Rock, AR Released by THV 11 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - With major rebranding coming for the Central Arkansas Transit Authority, officials want your help... More info at http://www.thv11.com/story/news/local/little-rock/2015/06/02/cata-rebranding-to-rock-region-metro/28338275/
Why public transit advocates are in Grand Rapids, hearing Mayor George Heartwell tout craft beer
Grand Rapids, MI Released by MLive `GRAND RAPIDS, MI – As Peter Varga tells it, he and George Heartwell, then the chairman of the Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority, sat [...]