http://blog.tstc.org/2009/10/20/transit-funding-reinstated-in-ct-battle-on-long-island-continues/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://blog.tstc.org/2009/10/20/transit-funding-reinstated-in-ct-battle-on-long-island-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-7037 2009 CT Year in Review: Complete Streets Victory Caps a Year of Reform | Mobilizing the Region Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:25:03 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=7060#comment-7037 [...] Much of the second half of the year was consumed by a protracted debate between Gov. Rell and the legislature over the state’s 2010-11 budget. Although Gov. Rell originally proposed a budget that increased transit operating funds,  she then released a second budget in June that included a 40% fare increase on bus riders and a 10% fare hike on Metro-North. Advocates and legislators strongly criticized the fare increases over the summer, and fare hikes were canceled in October. [...] [...] Much of the second half of the year was consumed by a protracted debate between Gov. Rell and the legislature over the state’s 2010-11 budget. Although Gov. Rell originally proposed a budget that increased transit operating funds,  she then released a second budget in June that included a 40% fare increase on bus riders and a 10% fare hike on Metro-North. Advocates and legislators strongly criticized the fare increases over the summer, and fare hikes were canceled in October. [...]

]]> http://blog.tstc.org/2009/10/20/transit-funding-reinstated-in-ct-battle-on-long-island-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-4345 LI Bus Not on Nassau County Executive’s Radar at Speech | Mobilizing the Region Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:02:18 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=7060#comment-4345 [...] This is good news, to be sure, but will Mangano come through for riders and restore the $1.4 million in annual LI Bus funding that was cut by the previous [...] [...] This is good news, to be sure, but will Mangano come through for riders and restore the $1.4 million in annual LI Bus funding that was cut by the previous [...]

]]> http://blog.tstc.org/2009/10/20/transit-funding-reinstated-in-ct-battle-on-long-island-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-2599 Help Us Raise $2,500 for Portable Computers! | Mobilizing the Region Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:22:42 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=7060#comment-2599 [...] year, TSTC has stopped transit service cuts and reduced fare hikes in Connecticut and New York and helped secure funding for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River. [...] [...] year, TSTC has stopped transit service cuts and reduced fare hikes in Connecticut and New York and helped secure funding for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River. [...]

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