History
This U.S. president created the Department of Transportation in 1966?
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
PRT operates this many rail routes
What is 3?
Transportation makes up this share of the U.S. GDP
What is ~6-7%
This side of the political spectrum supports more transit investment
What is the left?
The main goal of creating the Department of Transportation?
What was to unify national transit policy, increase safety, coordinate agencies?
Approximate percentage of commute trips by car taken in Pittsburgh
What is 50%
This is the return for every $1 invested in public transit
What is $4-5?
This side emphasizes privatization and reducing government spending
What is the right?
This environmental law connects air quality standards to federal transit funding
What is The Clean Air Act?
An approximate percentage of the people in Pittsburgh who commute by transit
What is 13-14%
This is the percentage increase homes see in valuation when built near transit areas
What is ~10-20%
This key issue is one the left sometimes overlooks in transit policy
What is the inefficiency and cost overruns in transportation projects?
This mode of transport was the first form of public transport in the US
What are public ferries?
A transit service PRT uses to increase accessibility
What is the Access Paratransit Service?
This federal agency provides most funding for transit in the US?
This key issue is one the right sometimes overlooks in transit policy
Importance of transit for low-income and disabled communities.
The PRT (The Port Authority) was created in this year
What is 1956?
PRT operates this many bus routes
What is 98?
This is reason Pittsburgh is a low priority for transit funding
What is a split legislature?
This modern issue has shifted more political focus toward transit?
What is Climate Change?