How the New Infrastructure Deal Will Make Transit Better
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...especially if the Build Back Better Act passes through reconciliation later this month.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Transportation
OPINION: Biden Should Link Gateway Program and Climate Goals
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The $30-billion Northeast Corridor investment could force the integration of regional rail — and lead to much less driving and flying.
Reconciliation Bill Will Go Big on EVs, But Schumer’s Numbers Don’t Meet Climate Goals
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The massive reconciliation bill under consideration in Congress would fall short of achieving our greenhouse gas reduction target — and the climate wins it does achieve would come disproportionately from consumer incentives for electric vehicles, rather than by shifting drivers out of cars.
Americans Want Green School Buses, But Congress Sells Them Short
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Most Americans agree its past time to green the nation's fleet of yellow school buses, a new survey finds — but Congress keeps whittling down funding for this common sense, bipartisan priority.
Schumer’s Massive $73B Bill Would Finally Boost E-Buses
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A new bill by our senior Senator would give (almost) the same amount of funding to transit agencies to electrify nation’s bus fleet as President Biden promised to private drivers to electrify their cars.
OPINION: Envisioning a Federal Program to Increase Transit Service
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It took the clarifying urgency of a severe pandemic to make transit service a national funding priority. But we need to do more, argues two advocates at TransitCenter.