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WA: Party Lines Blur at Transportation Rally
At least three Republican state lawmakers rallied Monday on the Capitol steps with backers of a gas tax and fee increase that would pay for roads, ferries, mass transit and other transportation improvements. Democrats such as House Transportation Committee Chairwoman Judy Clibborn , Gov. Jay Inslee and U.S. Rep. Denny Heck want it approved in the Legislature this year. The only action so far has been a party-line vote in Clibborn's committee. But organizers promoted the rally's bipartisan...
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  • WA: Party Lines Blur at Transportation Rally

    At least three Republican state lawmakers rallied Monday on the Capitol steps with backers of a gas tax and fee increase that would pay for roads, ferries, mass transit and other transportation improvements.

    News • May 21st, 2013

  • CA: Shuttle Buses Get Green Light Despite Strawberry Protests

    Shuttle bus service will expand across Marin this summer, with schedule changes that include a controversial route on Belvedere Drive in Strawberry.

    News • May 21st, 2013

  • CT: Surprise Setback For Busway In Hartford

    A hearing officer on Monday dealt a startling setback to the politically powerful CTfastrak project, ruling that busway engineers cannot simply close off part of Hartford's Flower Street to pedestrian traffic.

    News • May 21st, 2013

  • FL: City Offers Jobs Incentives for Creative Village, SunRail Projects

    Orlando revamped an economic development program Monday to offer job-creation incentives to companies that match the Dyer administration's favored downtown projects: the Creative Village and SunRail.

    News • May 21st, 2013

  • Lynchburg Looks to Build Better Streets

    Lynchburg, which is updating its comprehensive plan, has just completed a set of workshops on the philosophies known as "Complete Streets" and "Green Streets."

    News • May 21st, 2013

  • OH: Perrysburg Council to Vote on Transport Contract

    Perrysburg City Council will vote today on a contract for Ride Right for a public transportation service that could start July 1.

    News • May 21st, 2013

  • CT: Commutes Long, Slow After Train Derailment
    CT: Commutes Long, Slow After Train Derailment

    Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work Monday following last week's train collision that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City.

    News • May 20th, 2013

  • CT: Trains Collide During Friday Evening Commute, 60 Land in Hospital

    Fairfield Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Governor Dannel Malloy said.

    News • May 20th, 2013

  • MA: Injured T Cop: 'We Got the Job Done'

    The possibility that transit officer Richard "Dic" Donohue Jr. was accidentally shot by another police officer in the wild Watertown gunbattle that left him bleeding from a near-fatal femoral artery wound doesn't faze him, the recovering T cop said...

    News • May 20th, 2013

  • IL: Concealed Carry; Senate Panel OKs Restrictive Bill

    A Chicago Democrat ’s restrictive concealed-carry legislation made it through a Senate committee Thursday, with opponents vowing again to fight its passage.

    News • May 20th, 2013

  • VA: Tide at a Crossroads as Virginia Beach Nears Decision

    The once-abstract idea of light rail in the city continues to take shape as planners crunch the numbers and take public comment on the most detailed scenarios yet for sending The Tide to the Oceanfront.

    News • May 20th, 2013

  • IL: CTA Braces for 1st Workday of Red Line Closure on South Side

    Marie Drake was already displeased Sunday morning when she boarded a free shuttle bus near the 63rd Street Red Line station. The Chicago Transit Authority, she said, hadn't done enough to explain the five-month shutdown of the Red Line's Dan Ryan...

    News • May 20th, 2013

  • MD: Capital Area Commuters Increasingly Relying on Transit

    More capital-area workers are ditching their cars and taking transit to commute, according to a study of regional commuter patterns released Wednesday.

    News • May 20th, 2013

  • PA: Wabash Tunnel Hours to be Restricted

    The Wabash Tunnel will be off limits to motorists during overnight hours when it reopens early next month, officials said, partly because of drunken drivers.

    News • May 20th, 2013

  • PA: Planning for Heavy Traffic in Gettysburg

    Every summer, tourists come to Gettysburg in their cars, trucks and vans, causing congestion on area roads. Richard Farr, executive director of rabbittransit, said the transportation company partnered with several agencies more than a year ago to...

    News • May 20th, 2013

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