Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about transit funding

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New COVID Relief Bill Is a Strong Start To a Long Transit Recovery

By Kea Wilson | Mar 8, 2021 | No Comments

Congress is poised to give the transit industry its most significant lifeline yet in the pandemic, but it may still leave some cities struggling to make it for the long haul, advocates argue.

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Report: Three Million People Could Lose Transit Access Soon

By Kea Wilson | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments

And Black, brown and low-income city residents will bear the brunt.

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Op-Ed: Middle America Won’t Survive Losing Amtrak to COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Sep 21, 2020 | No Comments

Non-coastal states will suffer if Amtrak fails — unless Congress takes action.

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The Real Reason Buses Were Losing Riders Even Before COVID-19

By Kea Wilson | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments

Hint: It's not because riders simply don't like mass surface transit.

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McConnell Calls House Infrastructure Plan a ‘Green New Deal Masquerading As a Highway Bill’

By Kea Wilson | Jul 2, 2020 | No Comments

Mitch McConnell just accidentally created a lot of new fans for a Democratic infrastructure bill. The Senate majority leader reacted to the news that the House had passed a massive new infrastructure act by calling it “a thousand-page cousin of the Green New Deal, masquerading as a highway bill” — providing an inadvertently helpful reframing […]

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Four Things Every Sustainable Transportation Advocate Should Know About the INVEST Act

By Kea Wilson | Jul 1, 2020 | No Comments

The House reportedly likely to vote on a major infrastructure bill soon — and if it passes, it will have big consequences for the future of sustainable transportation in the U.S. The Moving Forward Act is a massive, $1.5-trillion bill that will have sweeping implications for housing, climate change, water, and land use in addition […]

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