Transportation Funding
Federal Government Is Getting Serious On Mass Transit Financing
One of the rallying cries from this blog & many others like it is for all levels of government to get serious with financing mass transit throughout the country. Today’s edition of the Wall Street Journal looks into this as the U.S. Senate looks to increase funds for mass transit through the “Saving Energy Through […]
Ravitch Commission Hearings Scheduled
Daily readers of this blog know all about the Ravitch Commission & the task it faces in coming up with recommended strategies to fund MTA capital projects and operating needs over the next ten years. For those who are unfamiliar with the commission, click here to read my initial entry on it. On Thursday evening […]
Is V.P. Canidate Sarah Palin A Transit Advocate?
The question got posted after an article in Tuesday’s Washington Post. The article which mainly focuses on earmarks the V.P. candidate secured while being the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. Here is a sample of the article by Paul Kane of the Washington Post: laska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 […]
Will Obama/Biden White House Really Help Amtrak
Ever since Barack Obama tapped Delaware Senator Joseph Biden as his vice presidential nominee, much has been made of how Amtrak would benefit from an Obama/Biden White House. The general point being how it has been heavily publicized that Joe uses Amtrak to commute daily to & from Washington D.C. The main point stems from […]
