Stimulus Report Media Coverage
Alphabetically by state & nationally
As of 11 February 2011
Arkansas
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Arkansas News
Title: “Did Arkansas squander stimulus money?,” by Max Brantley
Link: http://arkansasnews.com/2011/02/04/did-arkansas-squander-stimulusmoney-2/
Date: February 4, 2011
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Arkansas Times
Title: “Did Arkansas squander stimulus money?,” by Max Brantley
Link: http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2011/02/04/did-arkansassquander-stimulus-money
Date: February 4, 2011
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Bicycle Coalition of the Ozarks
Title: “How does AR Rank in Transportation Spending?”
Link: http://www.bconwa.com/national/153-how-does-ar-rank-in-transportationspending
Date: February 5, 2011
California
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CALSTART
Title: “News: Green Street”
Link: http://www.calstart.org/news_and_publications/newsnotesblog.aspx?BlogTagID=315428ac-bc0b-4c25-8fcc-70a457c59526
Date: February 9, 2011
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Los Angeles Transportation Headlines
Link: http://losangelestransportation.blogspot.com/2011/02/metros-2-minutefilms-expo-line.html
Date: February 4, 2011
Colorado
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The Denver Post
Title: “Guest Commentary: How to out-innovate and out-build in Colorado,” by
Chuck Perry
Link: http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_17285431
Date: February 4, 2011
Connecticut
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Connecticut League of Conservation Voters
Title: “Research Confirms President Obama’s SOTU Remarks: Smart
Transportation Spending Creates Jobs, Grows the Economy”
Link: http://ctlcv.blogspot.com/2011/02/research-confirms-president-obamasotu.html
Date: February 4, 2011
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CT Environmental Headlines
Title: “Research Confirms: Smart Transportation Spending Creates Jobs, Grows
the Economy”
Link: http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/2011/02/05/research-confirms-smarttransportation-spending-creates-jobs-grows-the-economy/
Date: February 5, 2011
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New Haven Register
Title: “Conn. Earns A+ for how it spent transportation stimulus money,” by Ed
Stannard
Link: http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/02/04/news/doc4d4c374456
cc9458716455.txt
Date: February 4, 2011
District of Columbia
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DC Streetsblog
Title: “SGA: Transportation Funding Pays Big Dividends Only If Invested Wisely”
Link: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/02/07/sga-transportation-funding-pays-bigdividends-only-if-invested-wisely/
Date: February 7, 2011
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The Hill
Title: “Report: More jobs when stimulus funds spent to repair roads,” by Vicki
Needham
Link: http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/142267-report-more-jobscreated-when-stimulus-funds-spent-to-repair-maintain-roads
Date: February 5, 2011
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The Hill – Congress Blog
Title: “How we can use existing transportation dollars for job growth,” by
Christine Todd Whitman and Parris Glendening
Link: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-a-budget/142449-how-wecan-use-existing-transportation-dollars-for-job-growth
Date: February 7, 2011
Idaho
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Kootenai MPO Blog
Title: “Report Says ARRA $ Went Furthest in States Investing in Public
Transportation,” by Staci Lehman
Link: http://kmpo.blogspot.com/2011/02/report-says-arra-went-furthest-in.html
Date: February 9, 2011
Illinois
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Environmental News Bits
Title: “Recent Lessons from the Stimulus: Transportation Funding and Job
Creation,” posted by Laura L. Barnes
Link: http://wp.istc.illinois.edu/enb/2011/02/11/recent-lessons-from-the-stimulustransportation-funding-and-job-creation/
Date: February 11, 2011
Iowa
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Bleeding Heartland
Title: “How well did Iowa use transportation stimulus money?”
Link: http://www.bleedingheartland.com/diary/4562/how-well-did-iowa-usetransportation-stimulus-money
Date: February 7, 2011
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Lefty Blogs: Taking Back America in All Fifty States
Title: Iowa – Local only posts
Link: http://www.leftyblogs.com/iowa/
Date: February 8, 2011
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MPO on the Go blog
Title: “Building Transit or Building Roads: Which Creates More Jobs?”
Link: http://dmampo.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/building-transit-or-buildingroads-which-creates-more-jobs/
Date: February 7, 2011
Florida
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RuaRealty.com
Title: “U.S. transit projects yield more construction jobs than new roads, report
says”
Link: http://ruarealty.com/2011/02/u-s-transit-projects-yield-more-constructionjobs-than-new-roads-report-says
Date: February 7, 2011
Louisiana
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Humid Beings blog
Title: “Sustainability group ranks Louisiana near bottom for stimulus spending”
Link: http://nola.humidbeings.com/posts/detail/198201/Sustainability-groupranks-Louisiana-near-bottom-for-stimulus-spending
Date: February 11, 2011
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New Orleans City Business
Title: “Sustainability group ranks Louisiana near bottom for stimulus spending,”
by Christian Moises
Link: http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2011/02/11/sustainability-groupranks-louisiana-near-bottom-for-stimulus-spending/
Date: February 11, 2011
Maryland
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The Baltimore Sun – Getting There Blog
Title: “Maryland ranked high on spending stimulus money,” by Michael Dresser
Link: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/traffic/2011/02/maryland_ranked
_high_on_stimul.html
Date: February 3, 2011
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Gazette.net – Maryland Community News Online
Title: “Local leaders scraping for transportation money,” by Sarah Breitenbach
Link: http://www.gazette.net/stories/02042011/polinew192319_32540.php
Date: February 4, 2011
Michigan
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Big Rapids Daily News
Title: “Organizations says Michigan made poor use of stimulus money”
Link: http://www.bigrapidsdailynews.com/?q=news/2011/02/09/organization-saysmichigan-made-poor-use-stimulus-money
Date: February 9, 2011
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The Detroit News
Title: “Group: Michigan’s use of stimulus funds average at best,” by Tom
Greenwood
Link: http://detnews.com/article/20110207/METRO05/102070418/ 1361/Group-Michigan-s-use-of-stimulus-funds-average-at-best
Date: February 7, 2011
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Enviromich blog
Title: “Study: Michigan creates more jobs, faster, with public transportation and
work on existing roads”
Link: http://enviromich.blogspot.com/2011/02/em-release-study-shows-michigancreates.html
Date: February 8, 2011
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Let’s Save Michigan
Title: “More Jobs When Stimulus Funds Spent to Repair Roads”
Link: http://letssavemichigan.com/blog/entry/more-jobs-when-stimulus-fundsspent-to-repair-roads/
Date: February 10, 2011
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WATZ Today’s Country Radio Station – 99.3, 96.7 FM and 1450 AM
Title: Wednesday Morning State News Summary
Link: http://www.watz.com/wire/localnews/21455_Wednesday_Morning_
State_News_Summary_045957.php
Date: February 9, 2011
Minnesota
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MNpublius
Title: “WI Governor is the caboose”
Link: http://mnpublius.com/
Date: February 8, 2011
Missouri
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Missouri Public Transit Association
Title: “Report: More jobs when stimulus funds spent to repair roads”
Link: http://mptaonline.typepad.com/missouri_public_transit_a/
Date: February 5, 2011
New York
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The Real Deal Online
Title: “U.S. transit projects yield more construction jobs than new roads, report
says”
Link: http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/transit-projects-yield-moreconstruction-jobs-than-new-roads-report-from-smart-growth-america-says
Date: February 7, 2011
Pennsylvania
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Crossroads blog
Title: “Renewing America’s Existing Infrastructure: Efficient Job Creation,” by Theo
Merkel
Link: http://renewlv.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/renewing-americas-existinginfrastructure-efficient-job-creation/
Date: February 4, 2011
Rhode Island
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GoLocalProv.com
Title: “RI Ranked Number One in National Transit Report,” by Leah Michaels
Link: http://www.golocalprov.com/business/ri-ranked-number-one-in-nationaltransit-report/
Date: February 3, 2011
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Providence Business News
Title: “SGA gives Rhode Island top marks for repairing, not building roads”
Link: http://www.pbn.com/SGA-gives-Rhode-Island-top-marks-for-repairing-notbuilding-roads,55367
Date: February 3, 2011
Texas
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Houston Tomorrow
Title: “Texas near bottom in ‘effective’ job stimulus spending,” by Marci Gilbert
Link: http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livability/story/new-report-shows-somestates-squandered-transportation-dollars/
Date: February 6, 2011
Virginia
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Virginia Intelligent Transportation Systems
Title: “New report shows the job-creating potential of smart transportation
investments”
Link: http://fwix.com/richmond/share/9f0ef7b0c2/new_report_shows_the_jobcreating_potential_of_smart_transportation_investments
Date: February 4, 2011
Washington
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PublicOla: Seattle’s News Elixir
Title: “Smart Growth America: Invest in Maintenance and Transit, Not New
Roads,” by Erica C. Barnett
Link: http://publicola.com/2011/02/08/smart-growth-america-invest-inmaintenance-and-transit-not-new-roads/
Date: February 8, 2011
National
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AFSCME Daily Newswire
Title: Daily Newswire – National/Political
Link: http://www.afscme.org/press/newswire.cfm
Date: February 8, 2011
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Building America’s Future Educational Fund
Title: News Roundup: February 4, 2011
Link: http://www.bafuture.org/news/news-roundup/news-roundup-february-42011
Date: February 4, 2011
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The City Fix
Title: “TheCityFix Picks, February 4: Peak Travel, Helmet Cameras, Bicycling
Studies 101,” by Jonna McKone
Link: http://thecityfix.com/thecityfix-picks-february-4-peak-travel-helmet-camerasbicycling-studies-101/
Date: February 4, 2011
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The Daily Beast
Title: “Which States Squandered Their Stimulus Money?,” by David A. Graham
Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-03/infrastructuresstimulus-spendthrifts/
Date: February 4, 2011
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FavStocks.com
Title: “New report shows the job-creating potential of smart transportation
investments,” by Sean Barry
Link: http://www.favstocks.com/new-report-shows-the-job-creating-potential-ofsmart-transportation-investments/0432399/
Date: February 4, 2011
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The Fiscal Times
Title: “Bartlett’s Notations: Economic Roundup,” by Bruce Bartlett
Link: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Blogs/BartlettsNotations/2011/02/07/Bartletts-Notations-Economic-Roundup.aspx
Date: February 7, 2011
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GOOD Magazine
Title: “Stimulus Watch: States that Spent on Public Transportation Created More
Jobs,” by Cord Jefferson, Culture Editor
Link: http://www.good.is/post/stimulus-watch-states-that-spent-on-publictransportation-created-more-jobs/
Date: February 6, 2011
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Governing: Connecting America’s Leaders
Title: “Report: Stimulus Spending on Public Transportation Creating More Jobs”
Link: http://www.governing.com/news/state/Report-Stimulus-Spending-on-PublicTransportation-Creating-More-Jobs.html
Date: February 7, 2011
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The Green Education
Title: “Stimulus Watch: States that Spent on Public Transportation Created More
Jobs”
Link: http://thegreeneducation.com/eco-tips/transportation/stimulus-watchstates-that-spent-on-public-transportation-created-more-jobs
Date: February 6, 2011
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Grist
Title: “Sorry, Eminem: Mass transit creates jobs, not Detroit,” by Jess Zimmerman
Link: http://www.grist.org/article/2011-02-08-sorry-eminem-mass-transit-createsjobs-not-detroit
Date: February 8, 2011
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Huffington Post
Title: “On the Road to Recovery, Smart Transportation Policies Stimulate the
Economy and Create Jobs,” by Geoffrey Anderson
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-anderson/on-the-road-to-recoverys_b_818663.html
Date: February 9, 2011
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The Infrastructurist
Title: “New Report: Building Transit Creates More Jobs Than Building Roads,” by
Eric Jaffe
Link: http://www.infrastructurist.com/2011/02/07/new-report-building-transitcreates-more-jobs-than-building-roads/
Date: February 7, 2011
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Investing in Community Change blog
Title: “Maximizing Job Creation through Infrastructure Investments,” by Dorothy
Smith
Link: http://financing-community-change.blogspot.com/2011/02/as-infrastructuredevelopment-can-be.html
Date: February 7, 2011
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MainStreet.com
Title: “Report: Some States Erred in Stimulus Spending,” by Seth Fiegmerman
Link: http://www.mainstreet.com/article/moneyinvesting/news/report-somestates-erred-stimulus-spending
Date: February 8, 2011
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Mass Transit Magazine
Title: “Research Confirms President Obama’s SOTU Remarks: Smart
Transportation Spending Creates Jobs, Grows the Economy”
Link: http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/IndustryAnnouncements/Research-Confirms-President-Obamas-SOTU-Remarks--SmartTransportation-Spending-Creates-Jobs--Grows-the-Economy/1$13600
Date: February 7, 2011
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METRO Magazine
Title: “Report: Link between ARRA transportation funding and job creation”
Link: http://www.metromagazine.com/Channel/Motorcoach/News/Story/2011/02/Report-link-betweenARRA-transportation-funding-and-job-creation.aspx
Date: February 4, 2011
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New Urban Network
Title: “Many states spent transportation funds poorly,” by Philip Langdon
Link: http://newurbannetwork.com/article/many-states-spent-transportationfunds-poorly-14025
Date: February 4, 2011
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PDI Rail Solutions
Title: “Research Confirms President Obama’s SOTU Remarks: Smart
Transportation Spending Creates Jobs, Grows the Economy”
Link: http://pdirail.com/news/research-confirms-president-obama%C2%92s-soturemarks-smart-transportation-spending-creates-jobs-grows-the-economy/
Date: February 4, 2011
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Planetizen
Title: “Transit Projects Create More Bang for the Buck”
Link: http://www.planetizen.com/node/48004
Date: February 7, 2011
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RFF Library Blog
Title: “Recent Lessons from the Stimulus: Transportation Funding and Job
Creation”
Link: http://rfflibrary.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/recent-lessons-from-thestimulus-transportation-funding-and-job-creation/
Date: February 10, 2011
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Sage Construction and Real Estate
Title: “Repairing infrastructure creates more jobs than new construction,
according to report”
Link: http://www.sagecre.com/products/industry_news/summary/
details?Article=bc9693cf-e724-4b98-809c-16c7a2c4ad79
Date: February 8, 2011
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The Source: Transportation News & Views
Title: “Transportation headlines, Wednesday, Feb. 9,” posted by Carter Rubin
Link: http://thesource.metro.net/2011/02/09/transportation-headlines-wednesdayfeb-9/
Date: February 9, 2011
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Traffic Management Centers (TMC’s) and ITS blog
Title: “New report shows the job-creating potential of smart transportation
investments,” posted by Jon Sorensen
Link: http://tmcinfo.blogspot.com/
Date: February 9, 2011
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Transportation for America blog
Title: “New report shows the job-creating potential of smart transportation
investments,” by Sean Barry
Link: http://t4america.org/blog/2011/02/04/new-report-shows-the-job-creatingpotential-of-smart-transportation-investments/
Date: February 4, 2011
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Transportation Nation
Title: “Report: Stimulus Transit Projects Create Nearly Double The Work of Road
Projects,” by Andrea Bernstein
Link: http://transportationnation.org/2011/02/04/report-stimulus-transit-projectscreate-nearly-double-the-work-of-road-project/
Date: February 4, 2011
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TheTrucker.com
Title: “States not spending ARRA funds to create most jobs in transport, report
says”
Link: http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2011/2/4/Statesnotspending
ARRAfundstocreatemostjobsintransportreportsays.aspx
Date: February 4, 2011
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The Wall Street Journal
Title: “Geoffrey Anderson: On the Road to Recovery, Smart Transportation
Policies Stimulate the Economy and Create Jobs”
Link: http://onespot.wsj.com/politics/2011/02/09/0f780/geoffrey-anderson-onthe-road-to-recover
Date: February 9, 2011
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Yahoo! News
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/12236_
infrastructuresstimulusspendthrifts
Date: February 4, 2011