Rural Transportation Platform news
Rural groups oppose changes in transit funding
February 2, 2012Members of the National Rural Assembly’s Transportation Policy Group are concerned that proposed changes in the way the nation funds transit programs will hurt rural America.
The House Ways and Means Committee could vote Friday (February 3, 2012) to bar transit programs from receiving 20 percent of the federal motor fuels tax from the Highway Trust Fund. The move would leave transit funding levels in doubt and reverse a system that has been in place since Ronald Reagan was president.
“Rural communities rely on predictable funding levels to plan and deliver transit services,” said Kathleen Moxon, director of Redwood Coast Rural Action and chairperson of the Rural Transportation Policy Group.
“Changing the source of public transportation funding to a new and uncertain revenue stream will subject public transit programs to the vagaries of political whim on an annual basis,” Moxon said.
Rural groups endorse transportation equity statement
January 26, 2011Several members of the Rural Transportation Policy Group have supported a statement about transportation investment issued by th
Rural Transportation Webinar
September 15, 2010
1:30 p.m., ET, Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Presented by the National Rural Assembly, Rural Networks, and the Rural Transportation Policy Group
Groups call for transportation alternatives
September 9, 2010The National Rural Assembly's Rural Transportation Policy Group has called for more transportation alternatives for small towns and rural communities.
