Amtrak Hopes to Link Chicago and Detroit to Toronto
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Passenger service hasn't chugged between Detroit and Toronto since at least 1971; the last direct train to pass through the route did so in 1967, according to Amtrak.
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Senate’s $287B Road Repair Offers Just .4% for Biking
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Two U.S. Senators are pushing a bill that would allocate $287 billion to fix the nation's crumbling roads and bridges — with less than one percent of it set aside to keep cyclists and pedestrians safe.
Mayors Seek Transit Funds To Fight Climate Change
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A coalition of mayors wants Congress to declare a "Marshall Plan" against climate change by spending on mass transit to curb air pollution in their cities.
The mayors of Atlanta, Honolulu, St. Paul, Pittsburgh, and Portland, Ore., implored senators at a climate hearing on Capitol Hill last week to invest in renewable-energy programs in order to create jobs and fund bus and rail systems, with the goal of weening people off gas-polluting vehicles.
President Trump Has Starved Transit Agencies of $854M
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Administration delay tactics have made applying for transit construction funding much more costly and difficult.
HYPE-err-Loop! 700 MPH Train Gets Fed Cash
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If a 28-minute ride between Chicago and Cleveland at the speed of sound seems too good to be true, well then you’re not dreaming big enough. Or fast and long enough. The Great Lakes Hyperloop System took one step closer to the Jetsons acid trip it was conceived from last month when the U.S. House of Representatives somehow […]
There’s a Right Way to Spend Trillions on Infrastructure
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A new report seeks to upend the debate over infrastructure to investments that boost mass transit while saving the planet.