
Mary Vogel I'm creating a link to T4A in my next blog article for Sustainable Industries where I suggest that the next federal transporation bill needs to fund sustainable stormwater management in the largest part of our public realm--the streets. I hope T4A will support this effort.

Wayne Senville posted a short report on our PlannersWeb blog on Saturday (our primary audience includes citizen and professional planners)
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It was really quite remarkable. After nearly half a century of ignoring rail's potential, the nation is finally making a major investment in developing high-speed rail corridors. The confluence of: the ...

Transportation for America Mayor John Robert Smith, former mayor of Meridian, Miss., has been hard at work on improving rail travel in the south and across the country for several decades now. Here's his response to Obama's mention of high speed rail in the State of the Union and yesterday's grants.
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Hearing President Obama call high-speed rail “the infrastructure of tomorrow” gave me great hope.Very rarely has transportation investment made the final cut in a presidential State of the Union address. ...

Highspeed Rail Hi all! As a partner of T4America, we focus on unifying all advocacy efforts that promote a comprehensive national high speed rail network. We hope you will join our group and support our mission!
We are a nonprofit advocacy organization whose members are dedicated to creating and sustaining a clean and energy-efficient advanced national HSR system.
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Dan
Hello fellow bicyclists. We've created a new group called Cyclists are Drivers!
We'd love your support, please consider joining the bicycle driver community on FaceBook:
Cyclists are Drivers in ALL 50 US States, and in many other countries. By law, we have the same rights and duties as other drivers. This includes access to the same public streets used by motorists ...

Irwin William Davis I hope you guys are not supporting obama.

Transportation for America The White House posted cabinet reports by video update. Want to hear what Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has to say?
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Michelle I am a Michigan resident and I just heard about this amazing campaign. I would love to get more involved!

Sam Houghton We at Our Green Book support the cause for sustainable transit: more public transit = less cars = less polution = more polar bears and bluer skies.
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Adam Auxier Help bring back Amtrak service to Southern Montana by re-instating the North Coast Hiawatha, join our Facebook group!!
Our goal is to Re-Instate Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha Route. This route was dropped in 1979 despite high ridership. There is currently a study that has just been completed by congressional mandate...

Transportation for America Want to create green manufacturing jobs in the US? Make reliable investments in public transit buses. Make them cleaner, make them here, make them often.
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A new study by Duke University illuminates the fact that thousands of green jobs are waiting to be tapped in transit bus manufacturing — if the federal government will make a sustained commitment to investing in public transportation.

Transportation for America James Corless and Mayor John Robert Smith will be speaking in downtown Raleigh on Jan 21. They'll be discussing big questions like: "What will the new national transportation policy look like? How will high speed rail affect Raleigh?" Leave your name in comments or email me at steve.davis@t4america.org and I'll send you the details on the event.

Janina Schmidt u need trains!!! really!!!

Marisel Reauthorization of the T-Bill will be a rough & tumble affair. Those of us interested in active transportation will need to armed with facts the clearly detail the benefits of getting the nation moving on its feet. PolicyLink, a community development policy think tank, published an excellent report that outlines the... health benefits of well-reasoned transportation policy. The link will take you to Dialogue4Health-a social networking site dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of considering the nation's health in all policies.
PolicyLink health & equitable transportation report a good primer for transportation policy neophyte
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While we are all focussed on health reform, we will be gearing up soon to keep active transportation provisions in the Transportation Bill (T-Bill). PolicyLink released an excellent report on the impact transportation policy can have on health. ...
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