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Open for Business: The Business Case for Investment in Public Transportation

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
Public transportation is a $57 billion industry in the United States. Public transportation itself includes a broad, interconnected set of modes including local and commuter bus service, subways, paratransit, light rail, streetcars, commuter rail, bus rapid transit, and high-performance intercity passenger rail. It provides essential public benefits, and accordingly receives support from government. At the same time, public transportation is an attractive market for business partnerships, and such relationships have always been present on both capital and operating functions.

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Tags: American Public Transportation Association, APTA
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Congestion, Economic Stimulus, Funding, Infra Views, Local, National, Private Investment, Public Transportation, Rail, Roads, Transit

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Reactions to the ASCE 2013 Report Card on America’s Infrastructure

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Transportation for America’s Director James Corless: “Our country’s association of civil engineers continues to do the yeoman’s work of sounding the alarm on our country’s infrastructure — the roads, rails and waterways that we depend on to move our goods from place to place and get us where we need to go each day. But [...]

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Tags: 2013 Report Card on America's Infrastructure, AAR, AASHTO, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, American Public Transportation Association, American Public Works Association, American Traffic Safety Services Association, American Water Works Association, APTA, APWA, ASCE, Association of American Railroads, Association of State Dam Safety Officials, ATSSA, AWWA, BAF, Bud Wright, Building America's Future, Ed Rendell, Edward R. Hamberger, James Corless, Laborers' International Union of North America, LIUNA, Lori Spragens, PA, Pennsylvania, Peter B. King, Roger Wentz, Terry O'Sullivan, Transportation for America
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Aviation, Bridges, Dams, Drinking Water, Economic Stimulus, Energy, Hazardous Waste, Highway, Inland Waterways, Levees, National, Public Parks & Recreation, Rail, Recovery, Roads, Schools, Seaports, Smart Growth, Solid Waste, The Infra Blog, Transit, Urban Planning, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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Public Transportation Ridership Report

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
The demand for public transportation rose last year as Americans took 10.5 billion trips, the second highest ridership since 1957, and 154 million more trips than the previous year, according to a report released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). This was the seventh year in a row that more than 10 billion trips were taken on public transportation systems nationwide.

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Tags: American Public Transportation Association, APTA, Michael Melaniphy
Posted in Infra Views, National, Public Transportation, Rail, Transit

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Reactions to President Obama’s State of Union

Monday, February 18th, 2013

Transportation Issues Daily A number of transportation interests issued a news release offering a reaction to the President’s State of the Union. Here are excerpts from ones I could find. We republished Senator Boxer’s statement in full earlier. Gregory E. DiLoreto, president of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): “President Obama’s ‘Fix-It-First’ plan is a great step toward [...]

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Tags: AASHTO, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, American Public Transportation Association, American Road & Transportation Builders Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, APTA, ARTBA, ASCE, Bud Wright, David Goldberg, Earl Blumenauer, FIx-It-First, Gregory DiLoreto, House Transportation Committee, International Bridge, John Robert Smith, MAP-21, Michael Melaniphy, Patrick Jones, Pete Ruane, Peter DeFazio, President Barack Obama, Reconnecting America, State of the Union Address, Transportation for America, Transportation Issues Daily, Tunnel and Turnprike Association
Posted in Accountability, Aging Infrastructure, Biking, Bipartisan, Bridges, Buses, Competitiveness, Congestion, Dams, Democrat, Economic Stimulus, Employment, Equity, Funding, Guest Post, High Speed Rail, Highway, Jobs, Local, National, Policy, Public Opinion, Public Parks & Recreation, Public Transportation, Rail, Recovery, Roads, Schools, Sustainability, The Infra Blog, Transit

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APTA hosts UIC High Speed Rail 2012

Monday, July 16th, 2012

Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA, attended the UIC 8th World Congress on High-Speed Rail, hosted by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). The conference was held from July 11th to July 13th in Philadelphia, PA, in the days following the historic vote by the California legislature approving high speed rail.

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Tags: American Public Transportation Association, Andy Kunz, APTA, Gary Thomas, Mike Melaniphy, UIC, UIC 8th World Congress, USHSR
Posted in Economic Stimulus, Guests on The Infra Blog, High Speed Rail, National, Policy, Public Transportation, Rail, Smart Growth, The Infra Blog, Transit

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Opportunity Cost of Inaction: High-Speed Rail and High Performance Passenger Rail in the United States

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
This paper addresses the initial investment and on-going cost of operation and maintenance of high- performance passenger rail (HPPR) in four of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sanctioned HPPR regional networks – Northeast, Chicago Hub, California, and Northwest – over a 40 year period. The system can generate a net benefit of at least $660 million annually. If the nation should forgo this opportunity, it stands to sustain a cost of at least $26.4 billion in foregone economic benefits over the next four decades.

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Tags: American Public Transportation Association, APTA, Intercity Passenger Rail
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Funding, High Speed Rail, Infra Views, Local, National, Public Transportation, Rail

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Public Transportation Rider Report: Fourth Quarter 2011

Monday, March 12th, 2012

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION

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Tags: American Public Transportation Association, APTA, Fourth Quarter 2011
Posted in Buses, Congestion, Infra Views, Local, Public Transportation, Rail, Roads, Transit

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The Case for Business Investment in Public Transportation

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION

Public transportation is an enterprise with expenditure of $55 billion in the United States. There has been a steady growth trend over the past three decades, with long-term economic and social trends (population, energy, public choice) all pointing to an even more prominent future standing. Since 1980, the number of fixed-guideway systems has grown exponentially with a bevy of projects positioned to systems has grown exponentially with a bevy of projects positioned to become the next generation of investment. Investment from all levels of government is on a long-term upward trend, and public support for more and better public transportation, as measured through ridership and public approval of transit ballot measures (a 73 % approval rate over the past 12 years) continues to increase.

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Tags: American Public Transportation Association, Public Transportation, Transit
Posted in Aging Infrastructure, Infra Views, Private Investment, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Rail

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The Case for Business Investment in High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail

Friday, April 15th, 2011

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
This report focuses on key issues critical to private investors as they consider investments or future expansion into business serving growing passenger rail markets. It highlights national and international trends, the market potential in the U.S. future funding sources, and the need for public support.

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Tags: American Public Transportation Association, APTA, HSR
Posted in Funding, High Speed Rail, Infra Views, National, Policy, Private Investment, Public Transportation, Rail

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Potential Impact of Gasoline Price Increases on U.S. Public Transportation Ridership, 2011 -2012

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
Experience over the past decade, backed by several notable research studies, shows that price increases in gasoline cause related increases in public transportation ridership. Based on that information, this report provides a model that projects future increases in public transit ridership that will accompany rising gasoline prices.

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Tags: American Public Transportation Association, APTA, SEPTA
Posted in Funding, Highway, Infra Views, National, Policy, Tax

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