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Who is Scott Walker?
This former Midwestern Republican governor once supported road expansions but has now seemingly changed his mind.
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What is "brown cloud"?
Denver expanded transit to fight this regional air pollution problem.
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What is Safer Main Streets?
New sidewalks, crosswalk signals and protected bike lanes were part of this new initiative in Colorado.
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What is the Illiana Expressway?
Name the expensive highway project Illinois PIRG helped defeat.
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What is California?
This state has pledged to transition all of its transit buses to electric.
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What is decrease or decline?
Vehicle miles of travel began to do what in the mid-2000s.
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What is the Great Wisconsin Pothole Tour?
Bruce Speight at WISPIRG ran this campaign with a funny name to highlight infrastructure problems.
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What is Denver?
Thanks to our campaign work, this metro area now has one of the nation’s largest rail networks.
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What is six times as much?
Since 1980, the U.S. has spent this much more money on highway infrastructure than transit.
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What is $1.5 billion?
This was the estimated cost of the proposed Dallas Trinity Parkway.
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What is 95 percent?
This percentage of school buses burns diesel.
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What is the Colorado Department of Transportation?
Many of the most dangerous streets in Denver are controlled by this agency that was focused on vehicle speed and throughput.
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