According to our friends at Center for Transportation Excellence: Last year was an incredibly successful year for transportation ballot measures. Communities around the country placed 57 measures on the ballot and voters supported 44 of them. The 77% success rate for 2010 is above the ten-year average of 71%, and particularly significant in a year […]
Nationally 77% of 2010 transit ballot measures pass! Read More »
With gas prices at their highest level since October 2008, the American Public Transportation Association’s monthly Transit Savings Report estimates that transit riders save, on average, $9,656 a year. Of course, not everyone has equal access to these massive savings. According to APTA’s numbers, which are based on gas prices ($3.08 per gallon last week) and
Transit Saves People Almost $10K a Year Read More »
City Council’s budget not only guts DDOT bus service and the People Mover. It also threatens the Woodward Light Rail project! To get federal funding for Woodward Light Rail, the Federal Transit Administration requires that the city demonstrate its ability to fund both light rail and bus service for the next 20 years. Federal Expectations
Light Rail Depends on Bus Funding Read More »
Get involved in improving transit and get course credit for it! Apply now for an internship with TRU! TRU Intern Positions – Winter/Spring 2011 Political Outreach Intern Ensure that public officials learn about the importance of public transit by developing an up-to-date listing of public officials, managing correspondence with them, and helping coordinate a transit
Internships available for winter and spring 2011 Read More »
From our friends at US PIRG: Highway advocates often claim that roads “pay for themselves,” with gasoline taxes and other charges to motorists covering – or nearly covering – the full cost of highway construction and maintenance. They are wrong. U.S. PIRG debunks these myths in a new report which shows that gas taxes cover
Myth Busted: Road Costs Not Covered by Gas Taxes Read More »
