HRPTA Blog
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Light Rail Referendum Voting Likely in Virginia Beach in November
Source: HamptonRoads.com By Aaron Applegate The Virginian-Pilot April 12, 2012 VIRGINIA BEACH It looks likely residents will be voting in November on whether to extend The Tide light-rail line into the city. A few tweaks in the language of a referendum proposed earlier this month appeared to satisfy a majority of City Council members this week. The new question under consideration says: “Should the City Council adopt an ordinance approving the use of all reasonable efforts to support the financing and development of The Tide light rail into Virginia Beach?” The language change reflected a desire among the council to [...]
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Bipartisan Surface Transportation Authorization Bill Needs Your Support
Source: APTA U.S. Senate Ready to Debate Bipartisan Surface Transportation Authorization Bill Late last week the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 85 to 11, agreed to a motion to begin consideration of S.1813, ”Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act” (MAP-21) – the Senate’s surface transportation authorization bill. As the Senate moves one step closer to passing this long-awaited legislation, APTA applauds the bipartisan consensus, especially with regard to the Senate Banking Committee’s public transportation title. The Senate’s legislation maintains dedicated financing for public transportation initiatives at Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 levels for the length of the [...]
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House Ways and Means Committee Would Eliminate Historical Funding Source
Source: APTA The House Ways and Means Committee has released the tax title of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012 – the House of Representatives surface transportation authorization bill. The Ways and Means Committee title makes drastic changes by eliminating the use of motor fuel tax revenues for public transportation, revenues that have been dedicated to public transportation for nearly 30 years. These revenues, which currently go to public transportation, will generate $25 billion in funding over the 5 year life of the bill, and would support nearly half of the authorized funding for public transportation. This [...]
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APTA Legislative Press Release on T&I Funding
Source: AFTA HOUSE TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE AND SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE MOVE FORWARD ON AUTHORIZATION PROPOSALS; FUNDING PROPOSALS TO COME Major action on surface transportation authorization bills will occur this week in the House and Senate, as the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee are each scheduled to mark-up their respective authorization proposals on Thursday, February 2. While the T&I Committee will lead efforts on the House proposal, other committees will have important roles in crafting financing portions of the bill. The House Ways and Means Committee, as well as the [...]
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An Act to amend and reenact § 15.2-4507 of the Code of Virginia, relating to membership of the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads
Approved March 24, 2011 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That § 15.2-4507 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: § 15.2-4507. Members of transportation district commissions. A. Any transportation district commission created shall consist of the number of members the component governments shall from time to time agree upon, or as may otherwise be provided by law. The governing body of each participating county and city shall appoint from among its members the number of commissioners to which the county or city is entitled; however, for those commissions with powers as [...]
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Requesting the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study transit-related issues in the Commonwealth
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 297 Agreed to by the Senate, February 2, 2011 Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 22, 2011 WHEREAS, the mission of the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) is to improve the mobility of goods and people while expanding transportation choices in the Commonwealth; and WHEREAS, in the last six years alone, DRPT has started six new transit systems in 16 communities; and WHEREAS, DRPT has also been instrumental in implementing some of the largest transit projects in decades including the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project and the Norfolk Light Rail Project (the Tide), [...]
