Archive of News Articles

• May 19, 2010
  DC StreetsBlog
  Transit Industry and State DOTs Agree: Senate Climate Bill Needs ‘Rewrite’

  May 13, 2010
  San Mateo County Times
  California gives $23 million to Bay Area transit agencies

  May 3, 2010
  Thurston Green Business.com
  Public Transportation Helps the Earth

  March 30, 2010
  USA TODAY
  U.S. Transit Security Gets Boost After Blasts

  March 30, 2010
  AUTOPIA
  Surprise! Americans Want Public Transportation

  March 18, 2010
  American Public Transportation Association
  APTA Applauds Passage of the HIRE Act

  March 8, 2010
  American Public Transportation Association
  10.2 Billion Trips Taken On U.S. Public Transportation In 2009

  March 3, 2010
  Bloomberg Business Week
  Ohio transportation official: Trains create jobs

  February 23, 2010
  The Atlantic
  How High-Speed Rail Can Help Expand the Economy

  December 04, 2009
  FOXNews.com
  Obama Administration Seeks Federal Regulation of Nation's Subways

  December 2, 2009
  DC Streetsblog Capitol Hill
  Congress Gets Project Lists for Jobs Bill: $15B for Transit, $48B for Roads

  December 2, 2009
  Metro Magazine
  APTA: Public transit projects support, create jobs

  December 2, 2009
  Wall Street Journal
  House Transport Panel Head Seeks $69 Billion in New Spending

  November 11, 2009
  DC Streetsblog Capitol Hill
  The real cost of commuting to work: How you can save money by using Public Transportation

  November 2, 2009
  DC Streetsblog Capitol Hill
  Obama Calls for 'More Creative' Ways to Pay for Infrastructure

  September 23, 2009
  The Wall Street Journal
  US Public Transport Use Rose In '08 Amid Gasoline Price Surge

  September 23, 2009
  Minnesota Public Radio
  Report: Increased public transit use has reduced greenhouse gases

  September 21, 2009
  Forbes Magazine
  America's Cleanest Commutes

  September 21, 2009
  DC Streets Blog
  Obama Administration Sends $100M in Stimulus Aid to 43 Transit Agencies

  May 19, 2009
  American Public Transportation Association
  APTA Applauds House Transportation and
  Infrastructure Committee Leadership Proposal
  that Modernizes Transportation System for the 21st
  Century -- Statement by William Millar, President,
  American Public Transportation Association

  May 18, 2009
  American Public Transportation Association
  Climate Change Legislation Misses Opportunity to Use One of the Most Powerful Weapons to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions – Public Transit

  May 14, 2009
  The Washington Post
  Senate Bill Steers Away from the Car

  May 12, 2009
  The New York Times
  In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars

  May 12, 2009
  The Seattle Times
  Obama puts nation on a path to serious train service

  May 4, 2009
  Boston Globe
  Transit Woes Bad for Business, Executives Say

  April 30, 2009
  The Associated Press
  Study: $50B Need to Fix Aging Rail Transit Systems

  April 29, 2009
  Reuters
  Clock Ticking on US Transportation Bill

  April 29, 2009
  American Public Transportation Association
  Two Out of Three Jobs Created by Public Transit Investment Replace Jobs Hardest Hit by Economic Downturn -- New Study Shows $1 Billion Investment in Public Transportation Yields 30,000 Jobs

  April 23, 2009
  Statement from APTA President William W. Millar
  Public Transit Investment In Climate Change Legislation Will Reduce Emissions

  April 21, 2009
  Agence France Press
  US Congress to Begin New Debate on Clean Energy

  April 20, 2009
  Associated Press/Chicago Tribune
  Stimulus money paying for Chicago subway repairs

  April 16, 2009
  The White House Blog
  A Vision for High-Speed Rail

  April 16, 2009
  Washington Post
  Obama Pushes Vision for High Speed Rail

  April 13, 2009,
  ABC World News With Charlie Gibson
  Stimulus Package in Action

  April 13, 2009,
  MSNBC.com
  Obama: Stimulus projects 'ahead of schedule'

  March 9, 2009,
  The Washington Post
  Public Transit Ridership Rises to Highest Level in 52 Years

  March 9, 2009,
  WTOP-FM
  Save $9530 a Year Taking Public Transportation

  March 9, 2009
  Press Release
  10.7 Billion Trips Taken On U.S. Public Transportation In 2008 -- Highest Level in 52 Years; Ridership Increased as Gas Prices Decline and Jobs Were Lost

  March 9, 2009,
  The Newshour
  Growing Ridership Strains Overburdened Transit Agencies (Watch Streaming Video Here)

  March 5, 2009
  The White House Blog
  Public Transit Gets a Boost

  February 4, 2009
  New York Times
  Rider Paradox – Surge in Mass, Drop in Transit

  January 27, 2009
  Los Angeles Times
  A Mass Transit Dilemma – Ridership Up, Funds Down

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