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Transportation for America Releases Blueprint for Transportation Reform

By Sarah Goodyear | May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

Today Transportation for America is releasing a 100-page document called "The Route to Reform," in which they outline policy recommendations related to the upcoming reauthorization of federal transportation funding legislation (download the executive summary here or the full report here). From the executive summary: The next transportation program must set about the urgent task of […]

AARP Joins Campaign to Reform National Transpo Policy

By Ben Fried | Mar 24, 2009 | 7 Comments

Photo: AARP AARP announced today that it will join the Transportation for America campaign to advocate for a "broad restructuring" of national transportation policy. In a letter sent to Congressional leaders last week [PDF], AARP said that it is "working to enable older adults to live independently in their homes and communities throughout their lifespan, […]

Update on Stimulus Action in the Senate — Keep Up the Pressure

By Ben Fried | Feb 4, 2009 | 3 Comments

The latest word from DC is that Kit Bond’s pro-highway/anti-rail amendments have yet to come to the floor, while the Inhofe/Boxer amendment to create a $50 billion highway slush fund is still being finalized by its authors. The phone calls and emails are having an effect — Boxer felt enough pressure to adjust her amendment, […]

Call This Morning to Boost Transit Funding in Stimulus Package

By Ben Fried | Jan 28, 2009 | 4 Comments

Last night Jerrold Nadler’s stimulus bill amendment, which would add $3 billion for transit, cleared the House Rules Committee. The full House may vote on the amendment by noon today, so the sooner you call your representative the better. Transportation for America sends along some key points to make in your phone call: In the […]

Stimulus Draft, the Day After

By Ben Fried | Jan 16, 2009 | 5 Comments

For everyone hoping that an $825 billion stimulus package might advance a visionary national agenda for sustainable transportation, yesterday’s release of a draft economic recovery bill didn’t deliver the goods. Nor did it include some pretty easy lifts, like the $1.7 billion for transit operations that the House approved in an earlier bill last summer. […]

Tell Congress: Don’t Waste Money on Highway Expansion

By Ben Fried | Jan 7, 2009 | 2 Comments

States should know better than to funnel more money into road expansion at the expense of maintenance. With President-elect Obama back in Washington, action is heating up again around the economic recovery package, which could total up to $850 billion over the next two years. As much as $100 billion may be at stake for […]

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