Nearly $1.76 billion in federal funding for Metro Transit projects is at risk.
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Transformative Transit Projects Move Forward this Fall
The Twin Cities metro area continues to make important, incremental progress toward building a regional system of transitways and strengthening the bus system.
System Update: Rail, Bus, Bike, Walk
As planning for transit and active transportation continues to move forward in the Twin Cities metro region this spring, there are a number opportunities to get involved.
Transit System Update: Rail, Bus, Bike, Walk
With planning underway in a number of areas around the metro, our region is gradually moving toward a true system of transit, bicycling, and walking.
Twin Cities Transitways Update
By Dave Van Hattum, Senior Policy Advocate Four of the metro region’s most highly anticipated transitways—Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Bottineau, Gateway, and Southwest LRT—recently have crossed...
Challenges and Opportunity for the Bottineau Transitway
By Dave Van Hattum, Senior Policy Advocate Transit for Livable Communities (TLC) strongly supports every effort to build with all deliberate speed a 21st-century regional...
Construction season—how projects get the green light
Funding for transit is much more precarious than funding for roads and bridges because transit relies to a significant degree on state general fund appropriations and General Obligation bonding – funding that needs to be allocated by the legislature each year.
Update – Transit Bonding this Session
While TLC strongly supports bonding that helps advance the build out of a regional transit system, we recognize the particular urgency of the Southwest bonding request this legislative session.
Anchoring Equity to Achieve Sustainable Regional Development Outcomes: A Corridors of Opportunity June 28th Mtg
From Dave Van Hattum, Policy & Advocacy Program Manager A snapshot: People of color in the Twin Cities, on average, have less than half the...
Transit cuts in House and Senate Bills
At a recent press conference House Chairman Mike Beard attempted to defend the details of his proposed bill. Many of his comments contradict the facts. Here are some points he made and TLC’s response.
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