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TARTA workers protest funding source

TARTA

Union representatives urged local leaders to take another look at switching to sales-tax funding, which would be “more equitable and pay-as-you-go” compared to property taxes, whose revenue has slumped during the last five years as area real-estate values tumbled.

Streetcars: The Transit System America Threw Away

Dupont Circle Station in D.C. David Kidd/Governing

D.C.'s Dupont Circle’s ghostly streetcar station is another reminder that America once had an extensive and efficient interurban transit system. Now, as cities from Buffalo to San Diego look to light rail, it’s worth thinking about the astonishing transit system we built and then threw away.

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