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Matt Caldwell
Matt Caldwell
stated on April 30, 2014 a Florida House discussion of SB 392
There is no "incontrovertible proof that speed, in and of itself, is the contributing factor to increasing (vehicular) fatalities."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 12, 2014
Friends of Greenlight
Friends of Greenlight
stated on April 16, 2014 an email to voters
Greenlight Pinellas "won’t take existing lanes from other vehicles."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 30, 2014
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on April 18, 2014 an interview
Welcome to Wisconsin road signs have "always been made in Wisconsin," but Scott Walker "is outsourcing them" to an out-of-state company and "paying more money for them."
False
April 30, 2014
Bob Cole
Bob Cole
stated on March 31, 2014 morning radio show on KOKE-FM
Capital Metro originally said MetroRail's yearly operating costs would be "about $2.5 million. Last year ... it cost $13 million to operate."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • April 24, 2014
Andy Duyck
Andy Duyck
stated on April 4, 2014 a public presentation
"We’ve dedicated more money from (Washington County’s) transportation budget to bike and ped projects under my watch than at any time in the history of Washington County."
Mostly True
By Dana Tims • April 4, 2014
Chris Chocola
Chris Chocola
stated on March 19, 2014 an op-ed supporting Senate candidate Chris McDaniel
Says Sen. Thad Cochran "voted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ... the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska instead of shifting the money to repair a bridge damaged by Hurricane Katrina."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 27, 2014
No Tax For Tracks
No Tax For Tracks
stated on March 17, 2014 on their website
The Greenlight Pinellas transportation plan involves a "300% tax increase."
False
By Joshua Gillin • March 20, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014 a TV ad
Says Dan Patrick "supported giving a $5,000 taxpayer-funded voucher to every family to buy a car."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 7, 2014 a speech
"If you rent a U-Haul to move your company, it costs twice as much to go from San Francisco to Austin than the other way around, because you can’t find enough trucks to flee the Golden State."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2014
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on March 7, 2014 a speech
When it comes to transportation funds, Georgians spend more in taxes and on red tape than they get back from the federal government.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 7, 2014
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
stated on February 11, 2014 a press release
"A majority of drunk driving deaths and injuries are caused by drunk driving offenders with no prior convictions."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 24, 2014
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 22, 2014 a news release
"Over 3 million Americans are employed in the growing green-collar workforce," which is more than the number "of people working in the fossil fuel industry."  
True
February 14, 2014
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 7, 2014 a tweet
Texas added 6,600 miles of highway from 2001-2012, more than any other state.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • January 28, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on January 12, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"The amount of attention paid this week to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi ... pale in significance."  
False
By Steve Contorno • January 12, 2014
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 2, 2013 response to subpoenas being sent out over a bridge lane-closure controversy
"The fact that one town has three lanes dedicated to it, that kind of gets me sauced."
Pants on Fire!
By Caryn Shinske • December 22, 2013
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on December 5, 2013 a meeting
Gov. Scott Walker bought "80 new, brand-new vehicles" for the state that "we probably don’t need."
Mostly False
December 20, 2013
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on November 14, 2013 an interview on the John Gambling radio program
"We pay among the highest tolls in the nation for the privilege of crossing that bridge."
True
By Caryn Shinske • December 8, 2013
Sid Covington
Sid Covington
stated on October 28, 2013 an opinion column by Sid Covington, the district's chairman of the board
A planning group said that to meet anticipated traffic demands by 2035, Interstate 35 between Austin and Round Rock will need a dozen additional lanes going north and 14 additional southbound lanes.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on September 24, 2013 an article on his website.
Says "between 6 and 20 bicycles can be parked in the space required by one car."
Half-True
By Dana Tims • October 9, 2013
Texans for America's Future PAC
Texans for America's Future PAC
stated on September 18, 2013 a radio ad
"Thanks to (Rick) Perry's bad budgeting, the (Texas) highway department has to convert some modern paved state roads back to gravel."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2013
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