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House addresses high gas prices by investing close to $2 billion in public transportation
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06/26/2008House addresses high gas prices by investing close to $2 billion in public transportation
Responding to record-high gas prices and the rising use of public transportation, the House of Representatives today passed HR 6052, the Saving Energy through Public Transportation Act, by a vote of 322 to 98 which authorizes $1.7 billion dollars to transit agencies across America to expand services and reduce fares.
This investment is part of a long-term solution that gives Americans affordable and convenient alternatives to driving and allows transit agencies to keep up with drastic increases in ridership brought on by high gas prices.
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Obama Calls for Regional Approach to Inner City Problems
Barack Obama's speech today in Miami to the U.S. Conference of Mayors June 21,2008
This is something of a homecoming for me. Because while I stand here today as a candidate for President of the United States, I will never forget that the most important experience in my life came when I was doing what you do each day – working at the local level to bring about change in our communities.
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The Tightrope and the Needle
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03/21/2008The Clinton campaign can do all the distancing it wants from Geraldine Ferraro’s chronic foot-in-mouth syndrome, but this is not the first time Obama has been cast as the beneficiary of affirmative action.
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Report calls for national gas tax hike to fix ailing roadways
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04/29/2008Article Launched: 04/29/2008 08:42:11 AM PDT
As gas prices continue their relentless march toward $4 a gallon, a report released today calls for hiking the national gas tax by as much as a dollar a gallon to begin fixing the crumbling roadway system.
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Inclusionary limits working best when flexibility is built in
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04/27/2008Now that the housing markets are softening, it's worth stepping back and looking at what we can learn from this insane boom-bust cycle. Specifically - despite the madcap development rush in the Bay Area - where are we in terms of providing affordable housing?
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Regional Equity '08 Summit Reportback
The Richmond Equitable Development Initiative (REDI)
brought a delegation of 15 individuals to the Third National Summit on
Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth in New Orleans.
This summit brought together more than 1,700 people who are working on
or interested in advancing regional equity on the federal, state, and
local levels, including REDI's delegation, which included policymakers
and administrators from Richmond, organizers with faith-based
institutions, those representing labor, social justice researchers and
advocates. REDI's delegation hoped to learn more about strategies,
programs and projects that can be applied in Richmond and throughout
the local region and that can result in, among other things, quality
jobs, a healthier and cleaner environment, affordable housing and
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From Autopia to Autogeddon: Cars Reach the End of the Road
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03/13/2008Like the horse and buggy one hundred years ago, the automobile is no longer viewed so favorably as a means of getting around. It is regarded as nearly as foul and smelly as the horses that at the turn of the century deposited some 2.5 million pounds of manure and 60,000 gallons of urine on the streets of New York. In addition to their own waste, horses died and had to be disposed of, posing a significant public health risk. Approximately 15,000 dead horses were removed from the streets of New York each year.
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