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2010-02-09
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The Obama administration’s recent decision to award $40 million in high speed rail funds to Michigan is the first step towards a stronger, faster rail system that will reduce congestion, oil use, and carbon emissions, but there is much still to be done. That is the message of The Right Track: Building a 21st Century High-Speed Rail System for America, a new research report released today by the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM). |
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2010-01-28
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Statement of Kara Rumsey, PIRGIM advocate, on today’s announcement from the Obama administration that the Pontiac-Detroit-Chicago rail corridor will receive $244 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to prepare for high speed rail. |
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2010-01-05
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Stimulus money invested in public transportation projects created twice as many jobs as highway projects, according to a new report released today by the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM), in conjunction with the Center for Neighborhood Technology and Smart Growth America. |
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2009-11-12
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The nation has 73,000 crumbling bridges, but year after year startlingly few federal transportation dollars go to fixing them. |
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2009-04-02
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A major new report identifies problems in a national trend toward private toll roads. The study entitled Private Roads, Private Costs: The Facts About Toll Road Privatization and How to Protect the Public examines 15 completed private road projects and 79 others that are proposed or underway. |
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2008-10-16
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President Bush signed legislation today that will strengthen the nation’s intercity passenger rail network to accommodate record ridership and make possible new routes. |
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2008-05-12
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While rail ridership increased by record numbers, House legislation introduced late last week would invest $14.4 billion to promote rail travel, relieve bottlenecks and begin investment in a new generation of high speed rail. The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (HR 6003) would invest $14.4 billion over five years. |
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2008-02-06
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U.S. PIRG strongly criticized President Bush’s proposed 2009 budget for reducing transit spending and raiding the Mass Transit Account at a time when national trends show the need for aggressive new investment in public transportation. |
