http://www.masstransitmag.com MassTransitMag.com en-us Copyright 2010 Cygnus Business Media Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:05:35 -0500 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:05:35 -0500 Funding News http://www.masstransitmag.com MassTransitMag.com http://www.masstransitmag.com/global/rsslogo.jpg 88 31 Funding News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Livability-Should-Take-Back-Seat-to-Next-Highway-Bill---GOP/3$10959 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Livability-Should-Take-Back-Seat-to-Next-Highway-Bill---GOP/3$10959 A White House plan to postpone work on a new highway bill until next year is causing trouble for the Transportation Department's "livability" proposals. rss@masstransitmag.com (Josh Voorhees) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:22:00 -0500 Funding News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Florida-Transit-Ballot-Stuck-in-Station/3$10953 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Florida-Transit-Ballot-Stuck-in-Station/3$10953 Hillsborough County commissioners haggled and negotiated Wednesday but still could not agree on ballot language for a proposed transit sales tax referendum. rss@masstransitmag.com (Bill Varian) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:11:00 -0500 Funding News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/NJ-Transit-to-End-Hackettstown-Bus-Runs-in-May/3$10952 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/NJ-Transit-to-End-Hackettstown-Bus-Runs-in-May/3$10952 The end of a New Jersey Transit local bus route will come in May, after officials determined it was getting too expensive to maintain. rss@masstransitmag.com (Stephen J. Novak) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:09:00 -0500 Funding News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Houston-Metro-Critics-Say-26-Billion-Bond-Plan-Goes-Beyond-Promise-to-Voters/3$10949 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Houston-Metro-Critics-Say-26-Billion-Bond-Plan-Goes-Beyond-Promise-to-Voters/3$10949 The Metropolitan Transit Authority intends to issue an estimated $2.6 billion in bonds in the next four years to help pay for five new light rail lines, about four times the debt capacity voters authorized in a 2003 referendum, Metro officials confirmed Tuesday. rss@masstransitmag.com (By Bradley Olson and Mike Snyder) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:22:00 -0500 Funding News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Bullet-Train-Meeting-Explores-Tunnel-Options-in-San-Jose/3$10946 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Bullet-Train-Meeting-Explores-Tunnel-Options-in-San-Jose/3$10946 High-speed rail leaders presented potential aerial and underground routes through San Jose to roughly 150 residents at the Gardner Community Center on March 2. rss@masstransitmag.com (By Stephen Baxter ) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:59:00 -0500 Funding News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Riders-Pledge-to-Drive-as-GO-Kills-Bus-Routes/3$10944 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Riders-Pledge-to-Drive-as-GO-Kills-Bus-Routes/3$10944 While the Ontario government is investing billions in public transit, hundreds of York Region riders are accusing GO Transit of driving them back into their cars by cancelling two Newmarket bus routes. rss@masstransitmag.com (Tess Kalinowski) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:54:00 -0500 Funding News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/San-Francisco-Mayor-Lauds-46-Million-in-New-Federal-Stimulus-Funding/3$10943 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/San-Francisco-Mayor-Lauds-46-Million-in-New-Federal-Stimulus-Funding/3$10943 Mayor Newsom today applauded the announcement by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Program award of $46,000,000 for the replacement of Doyle Drive in San Francisco. rss@masstransitmag.com (US State News) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:50:00 -0500 Funding News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Tampa-Airport--Rail-Link-Called-Crucial/3$10933 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Tampa-Airport--Rail-Link-Called-Crucial/3$10933 Local efforts to improve transportation options are more important than ever with Florida set to receive $1.2 billion in federal stimulus money for a high-speed rail line connecting Tampa to Orlando. rss@masstransitmag.com (Janet Zink) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:07:00 -0500 Funding News MassTransitMag.com: Funding News http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/section.jsp?siteSection=14 http://www.masstransitmag.com rss@masstransitmag.com Tue, 1 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500