Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Facebook Email Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Nashville transit plan: Everything you need to know Here are the key components of the Nashville transit initiative. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 3 Join the Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Subscribe Today Log In Subscribed, but don't have a login? Activate your digital access. The Tennessean Published 9:00 a.m. CT April 5, 2018 | Updated 11:45 a.m. CT April 5, 2018 CLOSE David Plazas and WSMV's Tracy Kornet read the Nashville transit plan, so you'll know what's in it. Michael Schwab/USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 3 COMMENT EMAIL MORE How will the transit plan be funded? A sales tax would be … [Read more...] about Nashville transit plan: Everything you need to know
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Nashville councilman to unveil his own transit plan on eve of early voting for referendum
Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Facebook Email Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Nashville councilman to unveil his own transit plan on eve of early voting for referendum One of the Metro Council's leading critics of Nashville's $5.4 billion transit referendum proposal says he's preparing to unveil his own transportation plan. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Subscribe Today Log In Subscribed, but don't have a login? Activate your digital access. Joey Garrison, USA Today Network - Tennessee Published 8:00 a.m. CT April 2, 2018 CLOSE David Plazas and WSMV's Tracy Kornet read the Nashville transit plan, so you'll know what's in it. Michael Schwab/USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee … [Read more...] about Nashville councilman to unveil his own transit plan on eve of early voting for referendum
Plazas: We are reading Nashville transit plan live so you’ll know what’s in it
Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Facebook Email Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Plazas: We are reading Nashville transit plan live so you'll know what's in it WSMV anchor Tracy Kornet and Tennessean Opinion Editor David Plazas are moderating a transit debate April 10. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Subscribe Today Log In Subscribed, but don't have a login? Activate your digital access. David Plazas, USA TODAY NETWORK — Tennessee Published 4:00 p.m. CT March 29, 2018 | Updated 5:05 p.m. CT March 29, 2018 CLOSE Nashville's growing prosperity cannot continue without a reliable, frequent, bigger transit system, but that could also accelerate displacement and it will not stop … [Read more...] about Plazas: We are reading Nashville transit plan live so you’ll know what’s in it
Editorial: TBARTA’s positive push for a better transit plan
An evolving plan to create a robust transit system for Tampa Bay appears headed in a better direction. Transit leaders and a consultant designing the proposal are aiming higher and pushing for a bolder rapid bus system connecting St. Petersburg, Tampa and Wesley Chapel. There is much work to do, and local leaders have to continue lobbying the state to buy in and fulfill its previous commitments. But this is a positive development reflecting a refreshing willingness of local transit officials to listen to voices seeking a more ambitious vision for addressing the region’s greatest shortcoming.A state-funded consultant’s study recommended in January that the region build a bus rapid transit system, or BRT, stretching 41 miles on the I-275 corridor, from downtown St. Petersburg to Tampa and Wesley Chapel. The line is envisioned as the initial spine of a broader, regional mass transit system. Many elected officials and business leaders embraced the idea as a cheaper, quicker … [Read more...] about Editorial: TBARTA’s positive push for a better transit plan
CBS News Logo Hillary Clinton has officially started transition planning
BALTIMORE -- Hillary Clinton officially began planning for her White House on Wednesday, tapping campaign chairman John Podesta and long-time aide Minyon Moore to prepare her transition planning effort. In paperwork filed with the District of Columbia, Clinton formed a new non-profit, called the Clinton-Kaine Transition Fund, taking one of the first formal steps to plan for the possibility of becoming president. The filing comes after weeks of meetings between the White House and representatives of Trump and Clinton's campaigns. On Friday, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough informed the campaigns that that Trump and Clinton are now eligible to receive intelligence briefings from the government and government-provided workspace for transition planning. Traditionally, the outgoing administration helps potential successors with their planning to ensure a smooth transition. In May, Trump tapped New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to lead his transition team. Podesta will be president of … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Hillary Clinton has officially started transition planning
Patterson says he opposes regional transit plan
Pontiac – Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson stated – but did not elaborate on – his opposition to a regional transit plan during a morning radio show.Patterson, 79, was quizzed Wednesday by Detroit News Editorial Page Editor Nolan Finley on Finley’s talk show on the 910 AM Radio Superstation Show.“I’m not in favor of it (regional transit plan) as it is now,” said Patterson, who declined to discuss specifics but said he expected to talk more about it during his annual State of the County Address Wednesday night.Lack of a regional transit system in Metro Detroit has been blamed by real estate developer Dan Gilbert and others as the major reason Detroit was passed up by Amazon recently for the location of the company’s second regional headquarters.Advocates see Metro Detroit’s failure to develop a regional transit system as another element holding the region back from its full potential.Patterson has been cool on regional … [Read more...] about Patterson says he opposes regional transit plan
Transit plan would transform San Antonio
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Wayne Co. exec: ‘Hurry up’ on transit plan
Detroit — When it comes to regional transit, sooner rather than later is essential to attracting companies and providing travel options, Wayne County’s executive said Wednesday.Amazon passing over Metro Detroit this month in the company’s national search for a site for its second headquarters “is a serious case study” in highlighting why regional partners must move quickly to create a transit proposal similar to the ballot initiative voters rejected in November 2016, Warren Evans said.“If you don’t do anything about it, we’re always going to come up short,” he told a crowd at an annual meeting of Transportation Riders United, a public transportation advocacy group. “I don’t think blaming anybody gets us anywhere. But I think we learned something from 2016 ... Hurry up and get it done in 2018!”Evans’ remarks come as he, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and Macomb County … [Read more...] about Wayne Co. exec: ‘Hurry up’ on transit plan
PAC raises $1.3m to support Nashville transit plan
Published 2:29 am, Monday, January 29, 2018 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A political action committee has raised $1.3 million to support the transit plan by Nashville Mayor Megan Barry that is up for a vote this spring. The Tennessean reported Friday that the Citizens for Greater Mobility PAC has also spent $442,100 since the group formed last August. Some prominent contributors include HCA, Ingram Industries, Greater Nashville Realtors, the Nashville law firm Bass, Berry & Sims, Bridgestone Americas, H.G. Hill Realty and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. The PAC ended December with $863,100 cash left to spend ahead of the planned May 1 vote. The referendum seeks to raise four taxes, including the sales tax, to cover $5.4 billion in light rail and bus system improvements. Local Channel Now Playing: Now Playing Santa Ana Border Wall Video Lindsey Carnett, San Antonio Express-News Man+killed+by+police+after+stealing+bike%2C+riding+onto+Loop+410 … [Read more...] about PAC raises $1.3m to support Nashville transit plan
Finley: Transit plan a long shot for ’18
Political deals tend to get made when they have to, even when negotiations leading up to the deadline seem hostile and hopelessly entrenched.That’s why I’m not totally pessimistic about the possibility of Metro Detroit’s top leaders reaching a deal on a regional transit plan.But, still, it doesn’t look good. I was at the Detroit Economic Club Big 4 luncheon last week in Cobo Center, where the four kahunas — Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel and Wayne County Executive Warren Evans — were supposed to announce an agreement on a tax levy for the November ballot that would fund the Regional Transit Authority.Instead, the four sat side-by-side, awkwardly attempting to engage in the good-natured banter that always marks this event, but clearly not feeling it.In particular, Duggan’s hostility toward Patterson was barely veiled, and their exchanges on the transit plan and other … [Read more...] about Finley: Transit plan a long shot for ’18