Funding
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New poll suggests 4 of 5 Americans support funding sidewalks, biking
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The results, from a national Princeton Survey Research Associates International poll of more than 1,000 people, revealed that 83% of respondents support "maintaining or growing the federal funding streams that pay for sidewalks, bikeways, and bike paths."
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Doubts emerge about D.C.'s ability to execute transportation projects
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How can D.C. make 75% of trips car-free in 20 years when our current transportation department struggles to finalize contracts and transfer money?
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Please, sir, can I have some transportation? 178 groups ask Congress
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Amalgamated Local 689 isn't the only organization seeking more money. Scores of national leaders have sent a letter to the Hill.
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The grim stakes in our federal transportation bill (video)
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When D.C. videographer Jay Mallin imagines the transportation bill making its way through Congress, he sees the losses. Does the proposed law making its way through the House support car owners alone?
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The congressional controversy over public safety and hazards funding
CommentAGU is fighting for funding in Congress.
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Georgia Avenue Great Streets project loses $1.44 million, residents protest
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The Great Streets project has lost nearly a million and a half in funding, which means no fancy bike lanes, sidewalks, and trees for Georgia between Otis Place and Florida Avenue. But some residents are fighting back in a petition that has reached 300 signatures in its first week.
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GOP House leader Eric Cantor doesn't like Capital Bikeshare
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Should the government be supporting the country's bikesharing programs? Many Republicans say no — and they're potentially on the chopping block at the House of Representatives.
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Tune Inn fundraiser set for today
Friends of a popular Capitol Hill bar damaged by fire are coming together for a fundraiser to benefit the bar's staff, who are out of work while the bar is repaired.
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Vincent Gray pledges funding for more police officers
Washington Mayor Vincent Gray says he plans to set aside $10.8 million to hire enough police officers to keep the city's police force at 3,900.
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House upholds D.C. abortion funding ban
An amendment allowing D.C. to spend local tax dollars on abortions for poor women failed Thursday.
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