Metrolinx Regional Transportation Plan consultation ...Spacing Wire: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 04:42 PMMetrolinx, the provincial agency charged with sorting out the Greater Toronto Area?s transportation woes, has come out with a draft Regional Transportation Plan. They are looking for feedback and comments from the public before they release the final version. The consultation process is open to November 14 online, and there will be some public meetings [...]
Transportation revenues expected to drop ...The Staunton News Leader: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 03:51 PMState and federal transportation revenues are expected to drop between $2.1 and $2.6 billion over the next six years, Secretary of Transportation Pierce Homer announced today.
State to have billions less in transportation funding next 6 years ...Richmond Times-Dispatch: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 02:58 PMVirginia will have an estimated $2.1 billion-$2.6 billion less to spend on its sagging transportation system over the next six years, state officials said today. Local highway construction work will bear the brunt of program cutbacks, they said. State Transportation Commissioner David S. Ekern warned that the highway system's conditions probably "will not be as good as they are today."
Transportation Commission to discuss SR 167 tolling ...Tacoma Business Examiner: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 02:42 PMThe Washington State Transportation Commission will hear about the status of tolling operations on Washington's highways, on the State Route 167 high-occupancy toll lanes and tolling scenarios for the SR 520 Bridge.
Panel endorses funding boosts for school transportation, teachers' insurance ...Arkansas News Bureau: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 02:33 PMBy John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - A legislative panel voted Tuesday to recommend that the next General Assembly increase the state's contribution to teachers' health insurance premiums by $63 million and provide schools with $49 million in "enhanced transportation funding" over the next two years.
Tolland dialed in on transportation ...Journal Inquirer: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 02:33 PMTOLLAND ? The Town Council on Tuesday voted to accept $26,741 for a dial-a-ride grant from the state Department of Transportation. The council voted unanimously in favor of the measure.
HNTB: 11% more Americans using public transportation ...Metro Magazine: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 01:21 PMMore than 24 million Americans - 11 percent of the adult population - are using buses, light rail, commuter rail and other forms of public transportation more than they did last year, according to a new nationwide survey commissioned by the HNTB Companies.
Father of Staten Island teen killed in drag-racing accident blasts...Staten Island Advance: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 10:22 AMJohn Arout, seen here holding a photo of his daughter, Michelle, who was killed in a drag-racing incident, has been critical of Assembly Transportation Chairman David Dantt. (Staten Island Advance) John Arout, the father of a 17-year-old Staten Island girl...
Governors call for new approach to transportation ...The Capital: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 10:20 AMFALLS CHURCH, Va. ? The governors of Virginia and Pennsylvania joined a coalition of environmental, housing and urban planning groups Tuesday in calling for a new federal transportation policy that focuses more on mass transit and repairing deteriorating infrastructure and less on building new roads.
Backers push bullet-train measure as a dramatic change in California...Los Angeles Times: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 10:14 AMFoes of Prop. 1A, which would authorize about $10 billion in bonds as a down payment on the vision of an 800-mile network, say its cost projections and estimated travel times are way too low. For a quarter century it has been a California dream on one drafting board or another -- a bullet train system so novel, environmentally friendly and fleet that it could reshape transportation in the ...
Mother expresses angst over school transportation system ...Monticello Times: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 09:45 AMWorry over the safety of her 10-year-old son prompted one local mother to publicly criticize the district?s transportation plan at a Monticello school board meeting Monday evening.
Transportation interests warned on gov't. intervention ...Journal of Commerce Online: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 09:17 AMMONTEREY PARK, Calif. -- Transportation interests should be wary of legislation that invites government involvement in their industry, a logistics executive said Tuesday.
Iran, Turkey discuss transportation cooperation ...Islamic Republic News Agency: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 08:07 AMIran - Turkey - Confab Iran's Road and Transportation Minister Hamid Behbahani held talks with Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Korsard Tozman on issues of mutual interests, in Mersin on Wednesday.
6:18am) ...Governors Call for New Approach to Transportation CBS 6 Richmond: 0 views since Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 06:27 AMFALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - The governors of Virginia and Pennsylvania joined a coalition of environmental, housing and urban planning groups Tuesday in calling for a new federal transportation policy.
Governors call for new approach to transportation ...WAVY 10: 0 views since Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 10:30 PMFALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - The governors of Virginia and Pennsylvania joined a coalition of environmental, housing and urban planning groups today in calling for a new federal transportation policy.
Panel Endorses Funding Boost For School Transportation, Teachers' Insurance ...The Morning News: 0 views since Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 10:24 PMLITTLE ROCK -- A legislative panel voted Tuesday to recommend the next General Assembly increase the state's contribution to teachers' health insurance premiums by $63 million and provide schools with $49 million in "enhanced transportation funding" over the next two years.
Backers push bullet-train measure as a dramatic change in California...Los Angeles Times: 1 views since Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 09:46 PMFoes of Prop. 1A, which would authorize about $10 billion in bonds as a down payment on the vision of an 800-mile network, say its cost projections and estimated travel times are way too low. For a quarter century it has been a California dream on one drafting board or another -- a bullet train system so novel, environmentally friendly and fleet that it could reshape transportation in the ...
Gov. Perry takes issue with transportation inadequacies ...News 8 Austin: 1 views since Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 08:12 PMGov. Rick Perry took another opportunity Tuesday to express his concern over the condition of Texas's transportation infrastructure. He spoke to a crowd at the Associated General Contractors of Texas Equipment and Trade show.