Tracking Increases in State Transportation Funding
Since the start of the 2013, major new proposals from governors, state legislatures and blue ribbon commissions galore have sparked…
Local places turning plans into reality
In cities, towns and suburbs across the country, local leaders are responding to new economic challenges with innovative plans for their transportation networks, including taxing themselves to make their visions a reality. But they can’t do it alone and need strong federal and state partners to make it work.
Here you can read those stories — covering some of the places and projects — that illustrate how local communities across the country are casting a vision and often putting their own skin in the game first with local funding while hoping for a strong federal partner to make those plans a reality.
Check back often; we’ll be publishing more of these stories regularly.
Since the start of the 2013, major new proposals from governors, state legislatures and blue ribbon commissions galore have sparked…
How is Seattle continuing to accommodate its population growth and sustain its economic growth while maintaining a good quality of life?
Action by the Indiana legislature in early 2014 cleared the way for metro Indianapolis counties to have a long-awaited vote on funding…
In 2014, the Atlanta region benefitted from a substantial expansion of transit service for the first time in 40 years, when the once…
State leaders and citizens have managed to stare down a recession while making transportation investments that accommodate projected…
A medium-sized city in central Illinois was one of the first to utilize a new, experimental program of competitive federal transportation…
Faced with potential employers suggesting that the lack of transit connections were preventing Denver from realizing their economic…
Rather than wait until the city reaches gridlock, commuters reach the boiling point, and the city’s booming economy is imperiled,…