Comments on: Bush Budget Boo$ts Regional Transit, ¢uts National Transit http://blog.tstc.org/2008/02/06/bush-budget-raids-fed-transit-account-to-pay-for-highways/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:06:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Streetsblog LA » Bush Budget "Bad for Transit" http://blog.tstc.org/2008/02/06/bush-budget-raids-fed-transit-account-to-pay-for-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Streetsblog LA » Bush Budget "Bad for Transit" Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:04:30 +0000 http://mobilizingtheregion.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-235 [...] funding game, Bush continues to set a new low by robbing transit funds to pay for highway projects. Mobilizing the Region, writes: In the broader scheme, however, the Bush budget is bad news for transit. It proposes to shore up [...] [...] funding game, Bush continues to set a new low by robbing transit funds to pay for highway projects. Mobilizing the Region, writes: In the broader scheme, however, the Bush budget is bad news for transit. It proposes to shore up [...]

]]> By: Damien Newton http://blog.tstc.org/2008/02/06/bush-budget-raids-fed-transit-account-to-pay-for-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Damien Newton Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:06:28 +0000 http://mobilizingtheregion.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-234 Great work Michelle. I already linked to this article for my blog. Best write up of the budget I've seen yet. On one hand, we shouldn't be surprised Bush is doing this. State governments have been underfunding transportation for years. Even in a state that has their act together like New Jersey, NJT still has to shift $350 million from Capital to Operating just to keep the trains running...and don't even get me started on out here. That being said, this is just another example of Bush doing the wrong thing for transportation and the environment. Hopefully the Dems will stand up to him on this for all our sakes. Great work Michelle. I already linked to this article for my blog. Best write up of the budget I’ve seen yet.

On one hand, we shouldn’t be surprised Bush is doing this. State governments have been underfunding transportation for years. Even in a state that has their act together like New Jersey, NJT still has to shift $350 million from Capital to Operating just to keep the trains running…and don’t even get me started on out here.

That being said, this is just another example of Bush doing the wrong thing for transportation and the environment. Hopefully the Dems will stand up to him on this for all our sakes.

]]> By: Streetsblog » Bush Admin Wants To Rob Transit To Pay For Highways http://blog.tstc.org/2008/02/06/bush-budget-raids-fed-transit-account-to-pay-for-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Streetsblog » Bush Admin Wants To Rob Transit To Pay For Highways Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:51:59 +0000 http://mobilizingtheregion.wordpress.com/?p=175#comment-233 [...] Wednesday, Mobilizing the Region called attention to the Bush Administration's proposed 2009 transportation budget. While New York [...] [...] Wednesday, Mobilizing the Region called attention to the Bush Administration’s proposed 2009 transportation budget. While New York [...]

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