Transportation 101: An Introduction To Federal Transportation Policy
March 2, 2011|Transportation for America
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executive summary
This is a pivotal moment for our nation and its commitment to America’s transportation infrastructure. The Interstate Highway System has been built, but it no longer meets all our needs and is showing its age. The next transportation bill must address the many challenges our nation is facing: crippling commutes, rising costs, wasteful spending, lack of options and economic development in our urban, suburban and rural communities.
As Congress prepares to debate the next bill, Transportation for America offers this guidebook as a reference to existing policies and programs, their historical background and the issues that numerous stakeholders believe must be addressed this time around.
The guidebook is divided into six sections: 1) The history of federal transportation policy; 2) Funding and revenue collection and distribution; 3) How our current federal program works; 4) How the federal policies are implemented at various levels of government; 5) The…
National: Obama on Infrastructure
March 1, 2011|Transportation Nation
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Our sister site, It's a Free Country, just posted a video of President Obama speaking to the National Governor's Association today. (Obama starts 27:27 in, infrastructure comments about 39 minutes in.)...
Blogosphere: Gov Shutdown Could Cost Transpo
March 1, 2011|Streetsblog DC
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If the House, Senate, and President Obama don't agree on a course of action by the end of this week, the U.S. will be left with no federal budget, and the government will shut down...
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Blogosphere: Feds Begging Florida to Take the $$
March 1, 2011|Reason Blog
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When it comes to spending your tax dollars on trains in Florida, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood doesn't want to take no for an answer. Last Friday, Secretary LaHood announced he's giving Florida Gov. Rick Scott yet another week to accept $2.4 billion in federal funding for the Orlando-to-Tampa high-speed rail line...
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National: Mica's Statement on Florida Rail Project
February 28, 2011|Mass Transit Magazine
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U.S. Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL), Chairman of the House Transportation Committee, released the following statement regarding Florida Governor Rick Scott's decision to not accept alternative plans to move forward with the Orlando-to-Tampa passenger rail project and not permit transfer of the project to local government grantees:..
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National: GOP Governors Undermine Obama's Agenda
February 28, 2011|AP
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Their ranks swollen after the last election, Republican governors from Florida to Alaska are undermining President Barack Obama's agenda at every turn ahead of the Democrat's 2012 re-election campaign...
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National: Florida HSR, Undead?
February 28, 2011|Transportation Nation
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today issued the following statement on high-speed rail in Florida:"This morning I met with Governor Rick Scott to discuss the high speed rail project that will create jobs and economic development for the entire state of Florida...
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Blogosphere: In Defense of High Speed Rail
February 28, 2011|Seattle Transit Blog
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The Republicans are very keen on scraping Obama's high speed rail initiative, but I think there's a fairly solid conservative argument in its favor. First, air travel is not successful as a result of the free-market. For starters, no airline has ever built an airport...
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Commentary: Will - Why Liberals Love Rail
February 28, 2011|Newsweek
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Generations hence, when the river of time has worn this presidency's importance to a small, smooth pebble in the stream of history, people will still marvel that its defining trait was a mania for high-speed rail projects. This disorder illuminates the progressive mind...
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Blogosphere: It's Simple, Rail Means Jobs
February 28, 2011|Fastlane DOT
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I've been pretty vocal about the economic benefits of moving forward on American high-speed rail. And yesterday was no different, when I was honored to speak at the Indiana Rail Summit. In addition to being the crossroads of America, Indiana is also the heartland of America's emerging rail manufacturing industry...
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