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Newsby StaffApril 9, 2018

APTA names new VP, Government Affairs

Ward W. McCarragher has served as majority/minority chief counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the past 20 years.

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Newsby StaffApril 3, 2018

N.Y.'s NFTA to receive extra $9M in state funding for rail system improvements

Assemblyman Sean M. Ryan, who credited other local delegation members with helping bring home the Metro Rail funds, has called for a five-year, $100 million capital plan to address the system’s needs.

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Newsby StaffMarch 23, 2018

Bestmile raises $11M in Series A funding

The investment will power the company’s global expansion; strengthen its mobility cloud platform technology; and extend its customer relationships with service providers, strategic OEMs, and technology partners.

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Newsby StaffMarch 19, 2018

APTA, industry leaders oppose Administration's deep cuts to public transit

The Administration offered cuts to crucial programs that fund public transit infrastructure to pay for their proposed infrastructure plan.

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Articlesby Alex RomanMarch 19, 2018

Q&A with Lextran GM Carrie Butler

METRO Magazine’s Managing Editor Alex Roman spoke to Butler about Lextran’s day-to-day challenges, its alternative-fuels program, and how the lack of federal funding could impact the agency and the community it serves.

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Newsby StaffMarch 14, 2018

APTA urges increase in public transit TIGER grants

Only 3.6% of the TIGER grants that were recently announced went to public transit projects, representing a significant decrease in public transit TIGER grants.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2018

California bullet train plan shows cost increases

Increases affect each segment of the project ranging from 20% to 35% and show revised schedules that would push out delivery dates.

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Newsby StaffMarch 12, 2018

41 recipients, including MARTA, Chippewa County land TIGER grants

More than 64% of this round of TIGER funding was awarded to rural projects, a historic number that demonstrates this Administration’s commitment to supporting the country’s rural communities.

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Newsby StaffMarch 8, 2018

Senate Dems unveil $1 trillion infrastructure plan

Funding for the plan would be offset by rolling back two-thirds of the revenue lost in the Republican tax bill by reinstating a top income tax rate of 39.6%, restoring the individual alternative minimum tax, reversing cuts to the estate tax, and raising the corporate income tax from 21% to 25%.

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Newsby StaffMarch 7, 2018

Chao acknowledges President trying to block funding for transit project

She said New York and New Jersey "have no skin in the game" and need to pony up more money to help pay for the project.

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