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More money sought for public transit
- The News & Observer (new window)
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From Staff Reports. The cost of gasoline gobbled up economic stimulus checks received by households in North Carolina, according to a group pushing for more funding for public transportation. |
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Forum Focuses on Public Transportation
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By Steven Sbraccia.
The topic of public transportation in the Triangle drew a packed audience at the McKimmon Center at North Carolina State University Thursday night. |
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N.C. PIRG: Pay for transit
- The Independent Weekly (new window)
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by Bob Geary.
If you're a typical American family of two adults and one child, you've received your $1,500 "economic stimulus" check from the federal government. And, since Feb. 13, when President Bush authorized that check, you've already spent it all—at the gas pump. |
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Transportation policy needs to catch up to 21st century
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By Shana Becker, Staff Attorney and Phineas Baxandall, Senior Analyst for Tax and Budget Policy, NCPIRG. Transportation was once an engine of progress and an inspiration for the future. Nowadays, getting around has become a source of problems more than solutions. Instead of simply “reauthorizing” the existing transportation act with higher spending levels, Congress must reinvent how it funds transportation. |
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