Angie Schmitt
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Dallas Advocates Launch a PAC to Tear Down a Highway
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Tearing down I-345 would open up 240 acres of prime urban land for development. Image: A New Dallas
The movement for a more livable, less car-clogged Dallas has legs.
A group of reformers advocating for the teardown of Dallas’s Interstate 345 has set out to reshape the political landscape — and they’re off to a blazing start. [...]
It’s Time to Vote for the Sorriest Bus Stop in America
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We asked you to point us to the nation’s worst bus stops and you answered. After receiving dozens of nominees from our readers, Streetsblog editors narrowed the pool down to eight very sorry bus stops.
These bus stops are ugly. Ugly! In a transportation system where public agencies never seem to lack the money for $800 [...]
It’s “Transit Christmas” for These Bus and Train Projects in Obama’s Budget
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LA Metro’s expansion plans would get a boost with $100 million for the Purple Line extension. Photo: Wikipedia
In addition to the broad strokes of transportation policy outlined by the White House yesterday, the Obama administration also put out a much more specific proposal: the list of transit expansion projects recommended for funding in fiscal year [...]
Koch-Funded Groups: Cut All Federal Funding for Walking, Biking, Transit
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As inflation eats away at the gas tax, the Highway Trust Fund is going broke. But a group of conservatives is pretending that the problem is transit and “squirrel sanctuaries.” Image: Brookings
You know it’s time to fight over the federal transportation bill when the fossil fuel-soaked elements of the conservative movement start agitating to stop [...]