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Amtrak Is Ready to Grow. Will it Finally Get the Subsidy It Deserves?
Amtrak wants intercity rail take its rightful place as an essential component of our public transportation ecosystem, rather than quasi-private afterthought.
February 22, 2021
What the Next Infrastructure Bill Would Look Like if Cities Were in Charge
If city and regional leaders were the ones writing next federal infrastructure bill, mass transit would be a top priority and highways would be de-emphasized, a new study suggests.
February 17, 2021
L.A. Metro to Restore Bus Service
Funding will restore transit service with priority for high-ridership lines and an emphasis on disadvantaged communities - though service will remain below level it was at one year ago.
January 29, 2021
Biden Decries US DOT’s Destruction of Black Communities — But Will His Administration Make Reparations?
President Biden won points among some antiracist transportation advocates for calling out federal highway projects for destroying Black communities — and then lost points by failing to call for the USDOT itself to make reparations to the people it has harmed.
January 28, 2021
Steven Cliff, from California Air Resources Board, Appointed Acting Head of National Highway and Traffic Safety
It's a strategic move that sends the unequivocal message that the new President is committed to incorporating environmental concerns in every corner of federal policy making.
January 22, 2021
Cheap Federal Loans Key to Infrastructure
There's $100 billion in low-cost loans that the U.S. DOT can lend tomorrow for infrastructure projects, including rail and transit.
January 14, 2021
Senate Considering $10B for Highway Removal
Cities might soon get the kind of federal money they need to tear down the downtown highways that federal dollars paid them to build — and to reinvest in communities of color that those highways destroyed.
January 11, 2021
Nominee Buttigieg Vows To Dismantle ‘Racist’ Freeways
“It’s disproportionately Black and brown neighborhoods that were divided by highway projects because they didn’t have the political capital to resist,” Buttigieg said on Sunday. "We have a chance to get that right.”
December 22, 2020
Study: The U.S. Can Absolutely Afford to Build More Rail
The persistent myth that it just costs more to build train lines in the U.S. than it does abroad is mostly bunk, a new analysis finds — but costs quickly balloon when we start building them underground, for reasons that researchers can't yet fully explain.
December 18, 2020
California Transportation Commission Recommends More Money for Active Transportation Program
Annual report outlines $22B in 2020 investments, offers legislative recommendations including increase for ATP
December 16, 2020
