Recent Streetsblog SF posts about American Public Transportation Assocation

CALPIRG, Smart Growth America Slam State Stimulus Spending

By Damien Newton | Jun 29, 2009 | 4 Comments

With the passage of the stimulus bill last spring, states had a 120 day deadline to obligate at least half of the transportation funding allocated to them. To mark that federal deadline, CALPIRG and Smart Growth America released a report today detailing how California is spending its stimulus money. The news isn’t good. Despite all […]

Muni and BART Dump ‘Dump the Pump Day’ This Year

By Michael Rhodes | Jun 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s promotion of Dump the Pump Day 2008. Flickr photo: Metro Library and Archive The Bay Area’s two largest transit agencies are passing this year on a national event intended to get drivers to ride transit for a day. Muni and BART won’t be participating in National Dump the […]