Blueprint America -- with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer -- in a report from Alabama on how America's highways are built and funded -- often times at the expense of mass-transit development.
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THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: August 10th, 2009
Zombie Highways: Overview
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THE DIG :: June 30th, 2009
Some transit stimulus now available for operating costs
When the stimulus bill was passed last February, it sent billions of dollars to the nation's mass-transit agencies. Still, the money was purposed for only new equipment and construction -- nothing to operate the systems, even as many are cutting service, laying off workers or raising fares.
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BLUEPRINT AMERICA :: June 5th, 2009
Road to the Future: Overview
Blueprint America: Road to the Future, an original documentary part of a PBS multi-platform series on the country's aging and changing infrastructure, will examine the choices we can make as the country invests in its infrastructure, and how they can affect the way we live.
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THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: March 11th, 2009
Transit in Trouble: Video: Financial Meltdown Adds to Fiscal Woes for Some Public Transit Agencies [part two]
Amid the country's economic crisis, some public transit agencies have found themselves linked to complex financial deals that have since soured. In the final segment of a two part report for Blueprint America, correspondent Rick Karr looks at the fallout of these arrangements.
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THE DIG :: February 20th, 2009
Transit in Trouble: Infrastructure of the stimulus plan: $8.4 billion in Mass Transit spending
A breakdown of provisions and funding requirements for mass transit in The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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THE DIG :: February 17th, 2009
Obama signs economic stimulus bill
As President Barack Obama signed the stimulus bill in Denver on Tuesday, it released the biggest influx of federal dollars since the Great Society program of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Unlike LBJ, President Obama – working with less of a Democratic majority – ultimately had to make significant concessions to Congressional moderates and Republicans to pass the bill.
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THE DIG :: February 17th, 2009
The Take Away: ‘The nation is heading towards a transit crisis’
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr talks with The Take Away on public radio about the operating budget shortfall common to most of America’s mass transit systems, and if Congress’ stimulus plan will be able to help.
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THE DIG :: February 13th, 2009
Transit in Trouble: Map: Major mass transit operating budgets
A look at America's top mass transit systems - from budget deficits to finding new revenue sources to how agencies will manage both. Also, find out how each agency plans to use federal funds from the economic stimulus.
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NOW on PBS :: February 13th, 2009
Stimulus Roadblock?: Overview
President Barack Obama's stimulus money is nearly out the door and on its way to the states, but will it be spent in the way it is intended?
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NOW on PBS :: February 13th, 2009
Stimulus Roadblock?: Video: Full Report
Blueprint America -- with NOW on PBS -- reports from North Carolina to see what the future holds for the country's mass transit systems in these financial times.
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