Mind the gap: USDOT’s first take on reconnecting communities
Residents of Fowler, CA assess current conditions along State Highway 99 and Golden Street Corridor, which did not receive a Reconnecting Communities grant in...
California is hanging transit out to dry
California’s transit agencies are bracing for a fiscal cliff, a real threat facing communities nationwide. If left unresolved, it could lead to drastically reduced...
How Minnesota set a national example in climate legislation
Flickr photo by Larry Syverson
Minnesota made waves last week by passing a landmark transportation spending bill that will fund transit expansions and passenger rail...
How four mayors from the Deep South are leading the expansion of national passenger...
The mayors of Monroe, Ruston, and Shreveport, Louisiana, have joined forces with the mayor of Vicksburg, Mississippi to fight for new Amtrak service through...
New Community Connectors grant program and resources for advocates
A new grant program from Smart Growth America will help advance locally driven projects that will reconnect communities separated or harmed by transportation infrastructure...
House threatens funds for reconnecting communities
The House’s debt ceiling package, H.R. 2811, proposes cuts to several programs, including the Neighborhood Access and Equity Program established under the Inflation Reduction...
Greener Fleets: How federal dollars can supply the demand for clean transit
Image source: Proterra
The Low and No Emission Vehicles (Low No) program saw a big increase in funding in America’s historic infrastructure law, but an...
Is the federal government squandering clean transit funds?
A new report shows splitting clean transit funds between zero-emission vs. low-emission is holding U.S. transit agencies back from cleaning up the bus fleet.
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San Juan, PR: Trampling communities and a national rainforest in the name of “economic...
Deemed a project of major economic significance for several decades by the Puerto Rico’s Department of Transportation (DTOP), the agency rammed through community opposition,...
Is your state missing the bus? Evaluating state transit access and ridership
The state you live in plays a major role in the quality of transit near you. Back in February, we took a look at...
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Lessons learned from the missed opportunities of the Biden Administration
With the Biden presidency in the rearview mirror, we can look back at where the administration succeeded and failed and what lessons we can...
Three takeaways from T4A’s webinar on Trump’s executive orders
Yesterday, our Director Beth Osborne led a webinar that provided a high-level overview of our Reauthorization 101 resource and analysis of Trump’s recent executive...
