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Charlotte, NYC, Boston Bike Share big winners in new federal grant program
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) UPDATED POST Charlotte is getting $24 million for a streetcar, New York City has half the funding in hand -- $18 million -- for a 34th street Bus Rapid Transit...
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Bay Area Airport Connector Approved, Despite Concerns
(Oakland, California - Casey Miner, KALW News) After a marathon hearing today at which more than 20 people spoke, the BART board gave its final approval to the Oakland Airport Connector project,...
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More Concerns Over Civil Rights in Bay Area Transportation
(San Francisco, CA - Casey Miner, KALW News) It was nearly a year ago that local transportation advocates filed a complaint against BART, alleging that the agency had not complied with federal civil...
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Christie Casts Further Doubt on Transit Tunnel
(WNYC News) One week into a 30-day review a new transit tunnel connecting New Jersey to Manhattan, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says he's not confident that the project will come in under the...
View ArticleTN Moving Stories: Female Crash Test Dummies and $776 million for bus upgrades
The Federal Transit Administration will give communities $776 million to upgrade bus service and buy fuel efficient buses (Wall Street Journal). Read Ray LaHood's blog entry about the grants here.A...
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ARC Funding: What's at Stake
(New York -- Matthew Schuerman, WNYC) New Jersey never put up much of its own money towards the ARC Tunnel. And yet Governor Chris Christie seems poised to cancel the project because of money...
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ARC Tunnel's Launch - What A Difference A Year Makes
(photo courtesy of TriState Transportation Campaign)(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation)"These are the bold projects that in the past, were either debated to death or simply ignored."That's Federal...
View ArticleFeds to NJ Transit: You Owe Us $271 Million for ARC Work. NJT: Not So Fast
On Monday, the Federal Transit Administration sent this letter to NJ Transit requesting immediate repayment of $271 million in federal money spent on preliminary work for the ARC tunnel project killed...
View ArticleTN Moving Stories: LaHood Harshes On Street Sign Overhaul, NJ Reacts to FTA...
NJ politicians react to FTA's demand that the state repay $271 million in canceled ARC funds. One report says that Gov. Christie has lawyered up and plans to file a lawsuit to fight the bill; another...
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Christie Hires Law Firm To Stop FTA From Collecting ARC Money
(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) From the AP:Governor Chris Christie plans to challenge the $271 million the federal government says New Jersey owes after canceling a rail tunnel.Christie spokesman...
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Christie Hires Big DC Lobbying/Law Firm to Argue Transit Tunnel case
From Governor Christie's Press Office (analysis coming):Governor Chris Christie Approves Retention of Law Firm to Protect Taxpayers from Unreasonable FTA DemandsFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, December...
View ArticleChristie Hires Law Firm to Fight Feds Over ARC Reimbursement
Here come the lawyers.New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has hired a law firm to challenge a $271 million tab the federal government says the state owes for the canceled ARC rail tunnel. Christie says...
View ArticleTN Moving Stories: Miami-Dade Transit Tries To Figure Out Fed $ Freeze, and...
Why did the federal government freeze funding to Miami-Dade Transit? Bad accounting practices--or fraud? (Miami Herald)Two major New York transportation structures are to be renamed. So: to get from...
View ArticleThe Record: Feds say Christie knew of risk on tunnel
From today's NJ Record:The feds say NJ Governor Christie was aware his predecessor, Jon Corzine, had signed an "Early System Work Agreement" to get federal funds to NJ quickly for the ARC Tunnel...
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Feds to NJ: Okay, We'll Credit You $128 Million For ARC Tunnel
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The U.S. Transportation Department tells New Jersey it will be credited nearly half the $271 million it owes the federal government for a scrapped NY-NJ rail tunnel if it pays back...
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Houston METRO Cancels Controversial Contract With Spanish Rail Car Company
(Houston -- Wendy Siegle, KUHF News) METRO’s board has approved a deal to terminate its controversial contract with a Spanish rail car company. The settlement means METRO is moving closer to...
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FTA Awards Transit Funding; Second Avenue Subway & LIRR Big Winners
Second Avenue Subway (NYC MTA)(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) The Federal Transit Administration awarded a round of grants today for transit projects currently underway -- see details from the...
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Christie: I won't pay $271 Million For Dead ARC Tunnel
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) Governor Christie's spokesman, Michael Drewniak, just emailed around the following statement. We'll have more soon, plus FTA response. (Yesterday, when asked...
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Houston's Light Rail Expansion Could Be On Chopping Block
(Houston - Wendy Siegle, KUHF News) Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want to dump a thirty-five year old federal urban transit program, called New Starts. The program, governed by the...
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With Nat Ford's Departure, What's Next for SFMTA?
Muni bus in San Francisco, California (Photo by BrokenSphere) (San Francisco – KALW) With the official announcement today that San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency chief Nat Ford is departing...
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