NAPTA Coalition
The National Alliance of Public Transportation Advocates is a national organization representing grassroots transit groups that support increasing investment in public transportation.
NAPTA is the grassroots voice for coalitions and individuals alike. To stay up-to-date on important issues facing public transportation, become a NAPTA member today.
Public Transportation In Action
Six Stops to Success -- Putting your Transportation Message in Service
The Center for Transportation Excellence and the National Alliance of Public Transportation Advocates presents a free, six-part webinar series that will provide advocates and transportation organizations with the necessary tools to take a transportation ballot measure from an idea to a success at the ballot box.
Public transit cuts will make Bay Area economic recovery difficult
The Bay Area may be headed down a longer, bumpier road in its journey from recession to recovery if public transit continues to carry fewer commuters. As the region attempts to push toward economic recovery in 2010, transit agencies expect to be moving in the opposite direction, stuck offering service levels and fares established during the downturn - or worse.
Woman praises Albuquerque public transportation system
Letter to the Editor,
Exactly one month ago, I made a choice to ride the city bus to work at UNM main campus. Here are a few things I have learned:
-I saved $80 because I usually spend $20 per week on gas.
Public Transportation Gains on The Right Track
Nashua Telegraph
Public transportation trips rose by 4 percent to 10.7 billion, the highest level in 52 years.
CONGRESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Outlook Unclear for Long Term Transportation Funding
The House and Senate were unable to reach agreement on legislation to extend federal surface transportation spending programs before the expiration of the authorization law last week. Instead of adopting the three-month funding proposal put forth by the House or the Senate’s eighteen month proposal, all federal transportation programs defaulted to a fallback continuing resolution measure, which provides funds for government programs for thirty days.
The short-term funding solution results in a cash flow problem for states, because with funds for only thirty days, it is difficult to plan long term projects.
The outlook for a long term bill is unclear. Although House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee chairman James L. Oberstar (D-MN) has drafted a bill which allocates $500 billion over six years for surface transportation programs, the issue of paying for the bill remains an open question. The Obama Administration is a proponent of an eighteen month extension of current programs, which would delay work on a long term bill until the spring of 2011.
Senate EPW Committee Releases Climate Change Bill
Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have introduced a new climate bill. The newly released draft bill does not yet specify investment levels, but negotiations to assign emission allowances, the source of funding under a cap-and-trade program, are well underway.