Notable quotable

Hillary Clinton stumps for public transportation 2

"Across America places that thought there would never be much demand for public transit are now finding that there is. We can't keep burdening public transit systems without giving them the money they need to run."

-- Hillary Clinton (who introduced the Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act and testified about it before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs), stumping for increased federal funding of local transit systems.

David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.

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  1. racc Posted 9:12 am
    16 Sep 2008

    A Great IdeaA much better idea than drill, drill, drill.
    The US is so far behind the rest of the world in public transit. It is time to stop wasting money on highways and hybrids and invest in public transit and rail

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  2. wreckenhavoc Posted 3:54 pm
    16 Sep 2008

    Great idea.Everybody needs money to run.  Barbara Streisand has lots of money.  Lets take all of her money and give it to public transit.  Problem solved!

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