The National Research Council is pleased to present this video that explains how scientists have arrived at the current state of knowledge about recent climate change and its causes. This is part four of a seven-part series, available on the National Academies channel. – nationalacademies on YouTube.
View this complete post...Archive for the ‘Policy’ Category
Increased Emissions: Climate Change, Lines of Evidence
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012APTA hosts UIC High Speed Rail 2012
Monday, July 16th, 2012
Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA, attended the UIC 8th World Congress on High-Speed Rail, hosted by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). The conference was held from July 11th to July 13th in Philadelphia, PA, in the days following the historic vote by the California legislature approving high speed rail.
View this complete post...After the Dust Has Settled… Some Reflections on the New Transportation Law (MAP-21)
Monday, July 9th, 2012Innovation NewsBriefsVol. 23, No. 21 By a vote of 373-52 in the House and a vote of 74-19 in the Senate, the lawmakers approved a two-year reauthorization of the federal surface transportation program on June 29, just one day before the program was set to expire. In so doing, Congress passed the first multi-year reauthorization […]
View this complete post...The Surface Transportation Extension Act 2012
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
An Act To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs, and for other purposes. Subtitle A—Federal-Aid HighwaysSEC. 111. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAMS.(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 111 of the Surface Trans10portation Extension […]
View this complete post...Streetsblog: A New Bill Passes, But America’s Transpo Policy Stays Stuck in 20th Century
Monday, July 2nd, 2012STREETSBLOG CAPITOL HILL
Written by: Tanya Snyder
The House of Representatives approved the transportation bill conference report this afternoon by a vote of 373 to 52. [UPDATE 4:00 PM: The Senate has also approved the bill, 74-19.] This is a bill that’s been called “a death blow to mass transit” by the Amalgamated Transit Union, “a step backwards for America’s transportation system” by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, “a retreat from the goals of sustainability and economic resiliency” by Reconnecting America, “a substantial capitulation” by Transportation for America, and “bad news for biking and walking” by America Bikes.
Newly approved transportation bill is a clear step backwards — a message from T4 America
Monday, July 2nd, 2012TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA
Written by: Stephen Lee Davis
More than 1,000 days after the last transportation bill expired, Congress finally voted to approve a new transportation bill just moments ago. Unfortunately for those hoping for a bold step into the future, this bill represents a definite step backwards, the last gasp of an outdated 20th century program.
Current Status of the Transportation Bill Negotiations
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012We are reproducing below with the editor’s permission an excerpt from this week’s “Washington Letter on Transportation.” The analysis offers a perceptive and accurate assessment, in our judgment, of the current status of the transportation bill negotiations on Capitol Hill. The full analysis can be made available on request from Gary Hoitsma, editor, hoitsmag@carmengroup.com Hint […]
View this complete post...Green Scissors 2012: Cutting Wasteful and Environmentally Harmful Spending
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
For more than 18 years the Green Scissors campaign has been a collaboration between budget and environmental groups aimed at eliminating wasteful spending that is harmful to the environment. This year’s report is a collaboration between environmental organization Friends of the Earth, budget watchdog Taxpayers for Common Sense, and free-market think tank R Street. While each group comes to the Green Scissors project with a unique mission, a diverse constituency, and different opinions on the role of government, we join together around one shared goal: exposing and eliminating wasteful and environmentally harmful spending.
Transportation-Disadvantaged Populations
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Eighty federal programs are authorized to fund transportation services for the transportation disadvantaged, but transportation is not the primary mission of most of the programs GAO identified. Of these, the Department of Transportation administers 7 programs that support public transportation.
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