transit funding Archives - Page 20 of 28 - Transportation Riders United

While most transportation decisions are local, the federal government sets an important standard and shapes critical investments throughout the nation. For far too long, that federal direction has encouraged wasteful spending on wider highways with minimal transit support beyond occasional new buses. The US House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee released their draft proposal for long-term […]

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May 10 2020

TRU Helped Create National State of Transportation Planning 2020 Report

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The American Planning Association is made up of 40,000 professionals who work in the development of communities — physical, economic, and social — at the local, regional, state and national levels. Every two years, they ask experts in the field to contribute to The State of Transportation Planning report that focuses on current topics in

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Mar 27 2020

Victory: Emergency Funding for Transit!

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Transit is Essential Transit agencies here and nationwide are on the front lines of the pandemic. Bus drivers ensure that all the people we all depend on – the nurses, Rx techs, janitors, and grocery clerks – can get to work. #TransitisEssential! Transit agencies are doing a lot to slow the spread of COVID-19: They’re connecting

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Mar 4 2020

Legislative Setback

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The Michigan Speaker of the House decided March 3 NOT to vote on HB 5550. That bill would have allowed Macomb County to opt-out, while allowing the other three counties’ voters to decide whether to invest more in transit.

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Feb 26 2020

A New Path to Invest in Great Regional Transit: Amend RTA Law

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County leaders have found a compromise with Legislative leaders on a new path forward. Newly introduced HB 5550 would amend the RTA law to allow counties that want to vote to fund transit and leave out counties that don’t want to.

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