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National: Mica Attacks Amtrak Again
Progressive Railroading
A new committee report shows that Amtrak continually fails to compete successfully at operating commuter-rail service effectively in the private sector, wasting hundreds of millions of tax dollars in the process, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) said...
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National: Fitch Cuts Hwy Bond Programs on Dim Outlook
Reuters
Fitch Ratings downgraded 11 grant anticipation revenue vehicle bonds on Wednesday because of uncertainty about the future of federal highway and transit funding policies...
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National: GOP Wants Amtrak Out of Commuter Business
Transportation Nation
Republicans in the House are picking up where they left off before the congressional recess when it comes to Amtrak: hammering the national passenger rail service for being inefficient...
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Florida: Donovan Highlights Sunrail as Sprawl Fighter
Transportation Nation
Planners designing around Central Florida's SunRail future commuter line are working to bring walkable communities around rail stops, said Shaun Donovan, secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...
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Atlanta: Commissioner Calls BRT Proposal 'Pipe Dream'
Marietta Daily Journal
After reviewing the findings of the $1.8 million Northwest Corridor Alternatives Analysis study, which calls for a $1.1 billion bus system from Kennesaw State University to Midtown Atlanta, Southeast Commissioner Bob Ott called it "a pipe dream."..
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Dallas: Brookville to Build Dallas' Streetcar
Railway Age
Dallas Area Rapid Transit is expected to select Brookville Equipment Corp. to provide two modern streetcars for the proposed Oak Cliff streetcar project. DART's Board of Directors may make the decision sometime this month. Preliminary approval by a DART oversight committee for a contract totaling about $9.4 million may occur this week...
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Kansas City: Can KC Cash in on High Tech Ambition?
Kansas City Star
Is Kansas City going to be the city Version 2.0 of Seattle, Austin or Boston, attracting gobs of young people eager to live an urban lifestyle in or near a hip downtown while creating lots of cool high-tech companies?..
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