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I know I should quit “beating a dead-horse” but I can’t let some of these ridiculous “ideas” the US Secretary of Transportation comes up with – so he can give your money away – slide.
Back in August 2010 Senators Tom Coburn, and John McCain released a report entitled “Summer-time Blues” documenting the most “questionable” [...]
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Since the so called “Recovery Act” passed in 2009, “$8.7 billion in transit grants have been awarded to transit providers across the country.
Those grants have purchased more than 12,000 buses, vans and rail vehicles; more than $4.4 billion in transit infrastructure construction or renovation; and more than $725 million in preventive maintenance. These improvements [...]
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