MN: DOT Commissioner Charlie Zelle Floats Bonding for Transportation

Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration on Thursday for the first time floated an idea to House and Senate transportation negotiators for funding highway construction. Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner Charlie Zelle told the House and Senate transportation conferees that $300 million in trunk highway bonding would be a way to pick up the pace on improving the state’s transportation infrastructure. Dayton has been at odds with the lead DFL negotiators in the House...
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MN: DOT Commissioner Charlie Zelle Floats Bonding for Transportation

Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration on Thursday for the first time floated an idea to House and Senate transportation negotiators for funding highway construction.

News • May 24th, 2013
MD: Five Taken to Hospital After Accident Involving MTA Bus

Five people were taken to the hospital after a crash involving a Maryland Transit Administration bus Friday morning in Glen Burnie.

News • May 24th, 2013
IL: Pedestrian Crossing Closed at Lake Forest Metra Stop

Union Pacific Railroad recently closed the pedestrian crossing at the downtown Metra station in Lake Forest in an attempt to improve safety, according to railroad and city officials.

News • May 24th, 2013
PA: Transit Union Unhappy in Talks

Drivers and mechanics for the Westmoreland County Transit Authority could take a strike vote in the summer if negotiations for a new labor contract produce no results, union officials said Thursday night.

News • May 24th, 2013
CT: Metro-North Workers Hire a Lawyer to Pursue Damages in Train Collision

Seven Metro-North workers who were injured in Friday's derailment are filing a claim with the commuter railroad that could lead to a federal lawsuit.

News • May 24th, 2013
VA: Private Plan for Light Rail Won't Add Up, HRT Says

The region's public transit authority says a private proposal to extend light rail to Virginia Beach contains "as many questions as answers," doesn't address the regulatory complications it could trigger, and features a questionable choice for its...

News • May 24th, 2013
CA: Funding OKd for Light-Rail Station in Leimert Park

After years spent fighting for a light-rail station in Leimert Park, South Los Angeles community members got their wish Thursday with the approval of full funding for a stop in the heart of L.A.'s African American community.

News • May 24th, 2013
TN: What to do About Those Leftover Shelters on the UT Campus?

Hubert Smith's effort to get city-owned bus shelters back from the University of Tennessee may end soon, and not the way he wanted.

News • May 24th, 2013
CA: BART Board Votes to Allow bikes on Rush Hour Trains

Another barrier to taking bicycles on board BART trains is falling with the removal of a ban on riders taking their bikes on trains during rush hour.

News • May 24th, 2013
PA: Train to Harrisburg Supported

State leaders are committing $3.8 million a year to save a passenger rail route that Amtrak acknowledges is "not as efficient or as useful as it might be."

News • May 24th, 2013
NY: LIRR's 'Cannonball' to Hamptons May Sell Out

The Long Island Rail Road has a piece of advice for travelers looking to take the first ever nonstop train from Penn Station to the Hamptons this afternoon: Be early.

News • May 24th, 2013
CA: Santa Cruz Residents Weigh in on Transportation in 2035

The future of the Monterey Bay region was the focus of a public workshop Thursday with local residents invited to share a vision of how they hope to get around by 2035 -- whether by car, bike, bus, rail or another form of public transit.

News • May 24th, 2013
WA: Transit Board Approves Hilltop Link Extension

The Sound Transit Board of Directors made it official Thursday, unanimously affirming the Tacoma City Council's choice of a 2.3-mile light rail extension that runs through the heart of the Hilltop on Martin Luther King Jr. Way.

News • May 24th, 2013
NC: City Budget Proposal Includes New Bus Service

A majority of property owners in Winston-Salem would see a decrease in their city tax bill, new bus service would start on Sundays and most city employees could receive a merit-pay increase of 1.5 percent, under a proposed budget released Thursday...

News • May 24th, 2013
MA: Former T Supervisor Had No License for 5 Years

A former T bus supervisor drove T vehicles for five years with a suspended driver's license -- a clear violation of the authority's rules -- the Herald has learned.

News • May 23rd, 2013

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