Transit In the News
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Warming plans need transit muscle
- Riverside Press Enterprise (new window)
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Op-Ed by Emily Rusch. |
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Governor's harsh transit cut subverts emissions effort
- San Jose Mercury News (new window)
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Op-Ed by Emily Rusch and Carli Paine |
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Improved 101-405 crossing marks end of decade-long battle to ease gridlock
- Los Angeles Daily News (new window)
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Gov. Schwarzenegger attends multiple events unveiling new transportation projects this week, perhaps to boost his image after he supported deep budget cuts to public transportation funding. |
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Traffic Congestion Worsening in the County, Study Says
- Ventura County Star (new window)
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Take the gasoline from 58 full supertankers. Now flush it down the drain. That's the net effect of the amount of fuel wasted by U.S. drivers in 2005 as they sat stuck in traffic for a grand total of 4.2 billion hours, according to an annual road report issued Tuesday.
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County shorted $336 million in '07
- LA Daily News (new window)
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The budget adopted by state lawmakers this week yanks $1.3 billion from California's public transit pot, forcing officials to consider fare hikes, service cuts and project delays to make up the gap, transportation advocacy groups said.
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Governor expected to sign state budget by end of week
- San Francisco Chronicle (new window)
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Public transportation also lost in the budget battle - $1.3 billion in gasoline tax money was siphoned away from transportation programs and projects and put into the general fund to help pay for schools, public health and other programs.
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Investing in our transit needs
- Oakland Tribune (new window)
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Op-Ed by Emily Rusch and Carli Paine. |
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Riding for the Rail
- Fresno Bee (new window)
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On a pretty spring day when bystanders were exclaiming that you could see the mountains instead of the usual haze, a group of about 50 college students bicycled into Fresno to rally for a high-speed rail system in California.
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Students Take Spring Break Road Trip That Follows High-Speed Rail
- NBC (new window)
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About 50 college students from throughout California gathered with city and state officials on the steps of San Francisco City Hall Monday to build momentum and support for a statewide electric high-speed train system.
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Students find altruistic alternative to spring break partying
- Sacramento Bee (new window)
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Dan Xie, a 20-year-old San Diego native, will pedal away her vacation along the route of the proposed high-speed rail line, trying to raise awareness about a project she thinks could be an answer to global warming. |
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Transit spares air, saves money
- San Francisco Chronicle (new window)
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The Bay Area's top seven transit agencies help prevent more than 2 million metric tons of greenhouse gases and save 251 million gallons of oil each year, according to a new report by a consumer-rights group. |
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Calpirg: Transit Saves Californians Millions at Gas Pump
- KCBS (new window)
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As oil prices hit a record $105 a barrel and gas prices hover just under $4 a gallon, the California Public Interest Research Group released a report Thursday calculating oil savings, gas cost savings and other benefits from public transportatation across the country. |
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Public Transit Urged as Gas Prices Climb Higher
- KPBS (new window)
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A new California Public Interest Research Group study says San Diego and other cities need to accelerate public transportation options. |
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State Lawmakers Demand Hard Numbers Before Approving Bullet Train
- San Francisco Chronicle (new window)
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California taxpayers deserve hard financial data before they are asked to approve a $40 billion bullet train between San Diego and Sacramento, state senators said Friday at a hearing in Oakland.
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