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@Transit_GATW

Getting America to Work is a broad coalition of commuters, businesses, officials and transportation agencies that support vital investments in public transit.

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Joined May 2014
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GATW would like to thank all the members of #Congress who worked with us to make the #FASTAct a reality!
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The D.C. streetcar is off and rolling! The streetcar has opened and rides will be free at least the next 6 months. washingtonpost.com/local/tra…

D.C. streetcar makes its first voyages on H Street. ‘Is it really happening?’

Many years in the making, the first streetcar pushed off on Saturday morning, carrying first passengers.

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More people in the #Seattle area are using #publictransit in order to get around. mynorthwest.com/11/2919927/P…
Check out this new list of the best cities for public transit! Do you think @smartasset got it right? smartasset.com/mortgage/best…
#TransitThursday shout out to ALL our coalition who have been working hard to increase funding for #publictransit! gettingamericatowork.com/abo…
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The @MTA board has approved additional spending to speed up construction on the Second Avenue #subway. newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/02…
MTA Approves Additional Funds To Speed Up 2nd Avenue Subway Construction

MTA Approves Additional Funds To Speed Up 2nd Avenue Subway Construction

Construction on the $4.5 billion project began in 2007, and MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast expects the first section between 96th and 63rd streets to open on time in December.

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The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority and @KeepTBB are hosting a farmer's market along local transit line tbo.com/news/business/5-2016…
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Check out this #inspirational story of a young boy with cancer that is donating to the local light rail! startribune.com/8-year-old-h…
8-year-old Hopkins boy wants to donate his cancer money to Southwest light rail line

8-year-old Hopkins boy wants to donate his cancer money to Southwest light rail line

Karlis Barobs, 8, hopes to see the Southwest line come to his hometown. So he wants to donate a share of the $300 his classmates raised for him after they learned he has cancer.

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There was a big show of support in Gulf Coast communities for passenger rail train! t4america.org/2016/02/19/a-m… via @T4America
Long-distance #trains give us time to be in the moment, connect with the people around us and the places we inhabit. nextcity.org/daily/entry/wha…
Pullman porter recalls his career on the #railroad years ago. chicagotribune.com/news/ct-p… via @chicagotribune
Pullman porter recalls his days on the railroad

Pullman porter recalls his days on the railroad

In his nine years as a Pullman porter, Benjamin Gaines waited on high society types as they traveled across the country aboard luxury rail cars. Gaines, who moved to Chicago in 1945, washed dishes,...

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Millennials fuel @MetroNorth ridership surge lohud.us/1Tc5IMr via @lohud
Millennials fuel Metro-North ridership surge

Millennials fuel Metro-North ridership surge

Metro-North's ridership figures rose thanks to millennials opting for public transportation, especially in off hours

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"An advanced country is not where the poor drive cars, rather it's where even the rich use public transportation." mashable.com/2016/02/09/quee…
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Let's throw it back this Friday and check out these #publictransit etiquette campaigns of the past! citylab.com/navigator/2016/0… via @CityLab
Swiftly aims to become the go-to app for #publictransit in San Francisco. techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/sw… via @TechCrunch

Swiftly Aims To Be The Waze For SF's Dysfunctional Public Transit System | TechCrunch

It's 11:05 and you need to be at a meeting across town in an hour. The problem is you are car-less and San Francisco's public transit system sucks. It's a

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CBO: Tolls, mileage fees would better fund roads thehill.com/policy/transport… via @thehill
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Celebrate #RandomActsOfKindnessDay by offering seat to an older adult.
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The @AVTA1 is set to have the nation's first all-electric #bus fleet! #gogreen thenewstribune.com/news/busi… via @thenewstribune
Check out this study by the @FTA_DOT that shows the many #health benefits of using #publictransportation! fta.dot.gov/14504.htm
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Too cute! Felix the cat has been working for Transpennine Express for 5 years as the official pest control manager! buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/ti…
This Cat Who Catches Mice At A Train Station Just Got Promoted

This Cat Who Catches Mice At A Train Station Just Got Promoted

Felix is now the official senior pest controller at Huddersfield train station.

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