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Latest Fact-Checks In Transportation

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John Charles
John Charles
stated on September 21, 2012 an online post:
"There is no reason to allocate 60 percent of bridge space to satisfy two percent of all travelers."
Half-True
By Janie Har • November 16, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on October 25, 2012 an election flier :
Says Mike Dovilla supports a plan "that could allow a foreign corporation to take over the Ohio Turnpike" 
Mostly False
By Reginald Fields • November 12, 2012
Gerald Daugherty
Gerald Daugherty
stated on May 10, 2012 a mailed campaign flier:
Says he "is the reason we do not pay a toll every time we pass over the bridge at MoPac and William Cannon."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • October 19, 2012
Mary Nolan
Mary Nolan
stated on September 28, 2012 a post on her website.:
Says "as Co-Chair of the Joint Ways & Means Committee, I secured the key piece of funding for" the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project bridge."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 15, 2012
Karen Huber
Karen Huber
stated on September 17, 2012 an Austin American-Statesman news stor:
Says she’s never said "don’t build" Texas 45 Southwest.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 12, 2012
Michael Riley
Michael Riley
stated on September 30, 2012 a news release:
"When Congressman Langevin took office, gas was around $1.70 per gallon, and now it is near $4 per gallon."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 8, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on September 11, 2012 a speech:
"We have more natural gas than Saudi Arabia has oil."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 24, 2012
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
"With the auto rescue," President Barack Obama "saved more than 1 million middle-class jobs all across America," including more than 28,000 in Wisconsin.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2012
Clackamas County Commission
Clackamas County Commission
stated on August 23, 2012 a press release:
Clackamas County Commissioners "approved a re-negotiated agreement to lower the county’s contribution to TriMet’s Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project to $19.9 million from $25 million."
False
By Janie Har • August 30, 2012
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on August 1, 2012 a press release:
Says Georgia ranks "near the bottom in per capita transportation spending."
True
By Eric Stirgus • August 7, 2012
TriMet
TriMet
stated on July 7, 2012 a newspaper ad:
"Without Westside MAX, we’d need to add 2.9 lanes to the Sunset Highway."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • August 6, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on July 19, 2012:
Says his plan to end the toll on Ga. 400 fulfills his campaign promise to commuters.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 6, 2012
Mark Neumann
Mark Neumann
stated on July 17, 2012 a TV ad:
Says U.S. Senate opponent Eric Hovde "supported billions in stimulus for high-speed rail"  and "billions more to bail out banks."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 3, 2012
Lights For Liberty
Lights For Liberty
stated on July 19, 2012 press release:
"The voting public had no say" in the Atlanta region’s proposed transportation project list.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • July 28, 2012
Scott Keyes
Scott Keyes
stated on July 16, 2012 a blog post:
Says U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy is among seven "Tea Party freshmen" who "spent an average of $15,000 on cars for themselves." 
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • July 27, 2012
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on July 21, 2012 media appearances:
Taxes on groceries and medicine will rise under a plan to improve roads and rail for metro Atlanta.
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 27, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on July 17, 2012 news conference:
The state of Georgia has lost 200,000 total jobs and 50,000 construction jobs since May 2007.
True
By Eric Stirgus • July 25, 2012
Steve Brown
Steve Brown
stated on July 12, 2012 a forum hosted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A proposed tax to fund transportation projects would spend $90,000 to take a single vehicle off the road during the morning and afternoon commute.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • July 24, 2012
John Watson
John Watson
stated on July 11, 2012 an op-ed:
The transportation sales tax would cost the average consumer an estimated $112 a year.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • July 20, 2012
Jeff Dickerson
Jeff Dickerson
stated on July 10, 2012 an online debate:
According to a national survey, transit "ridership" among people age 16 to 34 increased 40 percent between 2001 and 2009.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 18, 2012
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