http://www.itstimetogettowork.org Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:56:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2168704http://www.feedburner.com Survey shows residents favor Tampa-Lakeland rail, bus routes. By Suzie Schottelkotte, THE LAKELAND LEDGER Published: Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 TAMPA | Residents in the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority, which borders Polk County, envision growth with compact developments linked by mass transit, officials learned Friday. Preliminary plans also foresee a commuter rail system ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itstimetogettowork/JwYi/~3/441360025/ http://www.itstimetogettowork.org/2008/11/03/tampa-bay-wants-more-transit-less-sprawl/ Center for Transportation Excellence Update Special Election Preview Edition       $60 Billion for Transportation at Stake on November 4 26 Transportation Measures in 15 States on Tuesday's Ballots __________________________________________________________________________   Next Tuesday, voters will decide the fate of at least $60 billion in new transportation-related investments.  More funding for transportation will be at stake on November 4 ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itstimetogettowork/JwYi/~3/437129945/ http://www.itstimetogettowork.org/2008/10/30/60-billion-for-transportation-at-stake-on-november-4/ If growth is organized around trains and buses, cars will no longer be a necessity By Alex Marshall and Neal Peirce Special to the Charlotte Observer, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008 The Charlotte region has a big choice. Should the region keep sprawling outward, adding endless asphalt, subdivisions, malls and big boxes – and gruesome ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itstimetogettowork/JwYi/~3/437047540/ http://www.itstimetogettowork.org/2008/10/30/charlotte-nc-regions-options-sprawl-or-expand-transit/ Friday, October 31, 2008 9:00 – 11:45 a.m. Quorum Hotel, 700 North Westshore Blvd.,Tampa Can community design create wealth? Can a regional transit system stimulate our economy? This year’s Tampa Bay Transportation Forum will explore the role community design and transit play in our economy.  Keynote speakers Robert Puentes of Brookings Institution and Scot Polikov ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itstimetogettowork/JwYi/~3/437018417/ http://www.itstimetogettowork.org/2008/10/30/2008-transportation-forum-a-cents-of-place/ 12th Annual Commuter Choices Weeks (TAMPA, Florida – October 3, 2008)  Commuters in the Tampa Bay area will celebrate Bay Area Commuter Services’ (BACS) 12th Annual Commuter Choices Weeks (CCW), throughout October 2008.  This month long series of events helps to educate the general public, local government and the media about ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itstimetogettowork/JwYi/~3/412875369/ http://www.itstimetogettowork.org/2008/10/06/commuters-celebrate-going-greener-all-across-the-bay/ THURSDAY, 10/2/2008 © Citiwire.net Lost in the election scramble, bank rescues and heated debate over government bailouts is the simple fact that American needs to rebuild its wealth — we’re busted. The national debt grows to over $9.8 trillion and climbs rapidly while the current $407 billion federal deficit has nowhere ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itstimetogettowork/JwYi/~3/409554346/ http://www.itstimetogettowork.org/2008/10/02/infrastructure-the-economy-hello-%e2%80%94-they%e2%80%99re-linked/ 9 a.m. bike registration, helmet fitting, music and activities. 9:30 a.m. warm-up stretches and exercise. 10 a.m. official ceremony and ribbon cutting. Join the celebration, ride, walk or run the completion of the Pinellas Trail into downtown St. Petersburg. The event will start at the trestle bridge at the northwest ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itstimetogettowork/JwYi/~3/400879709/ http://www.itstimetogettowork.org/2008/09/23/oct-4-pinellas-trail-to-downtown-st-petersburg-grand-opening/ Citiwire.net http://citiwire.net/post/181/ By Tom Downs For public transit in America, 2008 has produced a vivid “best” and “worst” of times scenario. After 50 years of sagging ridership and lost stature, buses and transit trains are back in heavy demand. Nationwide ridership is 4.5 percent higher than 2007, with some cities experiencing growth of 10 ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itstimetogettowork/JwYi/~3/389977637/ http://www.itstimetogettowork.org/2008/09/11/more-riders-high-costs-transit%e2%80%99s-tough-dilemma/ From Florida Transportation Magazine August 2008 | Cover Story A clean and historic break with the past is needed to encourage the future vitality of our country’s transportation network, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters, who recently unveiled the Bush Administration’s new plan to refocus, reform and renew the national ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itstimetogettowork/JwYi/~3/389707733/ http://www.itstimetogettowork.org/2008/09/11/us-dot-unveils-transportation-approach-refocus-reform-renew/ Brookings Institution, Opportunity 08 Candidate Issue Index August 26, 2008, Compiled by Brookings Institution experts, this chart is part of a series of issue indices to be published during the 2008 Presidential election cycle. The policy issues included in this series were chosen by Brookings staff and represent the most critical topics ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itstimetogettowork/JwYi/~3/377428488/ http://www.itstimetogettowork.org/2008/08/28/our-presidential-candidates-and-transportation/