mass transit
Unions and allies get support for gas tax hike for highway-mass transit funding
June 24, 2015The legislation is important both for jobs creation and to repair and replace the nation's crumbling infrastructure and to repair, replace and upgrade bus and subway systems.
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ATU, Sierra Cub to band together in pro-mass transit campaign
April 17, 2014Calling themselves "natural partners," the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Sierra Club are banding together in a nationwide campaign.
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Key lawmaker warns highway-mass transit money is running out
April 9, 2014Money to repair the nation's crumbling roads and rehab its creaky mass transit lines will run out by July, a key lawmaker on budget issues warns.
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Union says inner-city minorities are cheated on mass transit
February 28, 2014The differences in commuting times for inner-city minority residents and suburban non-minorities are significant enough to affect minorities' pay and job possibilities.
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Congress agrees on $ for roads, bridges, but not mass transit
July 2, 2012Key GOP hang-ups, which were apparently dropped from the final version of the legislation, included Republican insistence on construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline.
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