TEN affiliate BRIDGE has won a major legislative victory in Maryland. Leaders helped secure last-minute passage of HB457 -- a bill requiring that 0.5% to 1% of construction spending be used for job training programs that benefit local communities.
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Spanning the end of April and beginning of May in 2012, TEN held the Fire of Faith Week of Prayer Vigils for Racial and Economic Equity. In 20 cities across America, faith leaders called on legislators to ensure that faith values guide the drafting of federal and state budgets.
A new report from the American Association of People with Disabilities finds that 560,000 people with disabilities never leave their homes due to transportation difficulties. The report demonstrates the growing difficulties faced by disabled Americans and offers hope in the form of recommendations for the upcoming transportation reauthorization.
At TEN, what motivates us to keep fighting for equitable transportation? People like Stuart and Dianne Falk, both wheelchair-bound, who lost access to transit in a 2009 funding cut. Thanks to the work of TEN affiliate MCU, service was later restored.
Transportation equity is about building a more just, prosperous, and connected America. The Falks' story illustrates what's at stake.
The excitement of government transparency has lost its shimmer, but a new mapping tool seeks to bring back the glow by making economic stimulus projects visible and demonstrating better ways to track all federal spending.
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