Comments on: Dave Ross tackles regional transportation http://navigatekingcounty.com/blog/dave-ross-tackles-regional-transportation/339/?source=rss Just another blogs.pnwlocalnews.com weblog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:43:01 +0000 http://navigatekingcounty.com/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Bailo http://navigatekingcounty.com/blog/dave-ross-tackles-regional-transportation/339/#comment-14 John Bailo Mon, 31 May 2010 12:25:29 +0000 http://navigatekingcounty.com/?p=339#comment-14 Obama's head of the FTA has actually come out against light rail spending which he says dilutes very necessary bus routes! <br><br><a href="http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2010/05/19/u-s-fta-rogoff-paints-grim-picture-of-nations-transit-priorities/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2010/05/19/u...</a><br><br>"Peter Rogoff, head of the Federal Transit Administration, made a series of sweeping assertions about the priorities of public transportation operators yesterday in a speech in front of the nation’s transit officials in Boston.<br><br>Calling for “honesty,” saying “no,” and “telling truth to power,” Rogoff suggested that the financial difficulties facing mass transit networks today are at least partially the result of an unnecessary focus on rail expansion rather than bus improvements. " Obama's head of the FTA has actually come out against light rail spending which he says dilutes very necessary bus routes!

http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2010/05/19/u...

“Peter Rogoff, head of the Federal Transit Administration, made a series of sweeping assertions about the priorities of public transportation operators yesterday in a speech in front of the nation’s transit officials in Boston.

Calling for “honesty,” saying “no,” and “telling truth to power,” Rogoff suggested that the financial difficulties facing mass transit networks today are at least partially the result of an unnecessary focus on rail expansion rather than bus improvements. “

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