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Latest Fact-Checks In Transportation

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John Kennedy
John Kennedy
stated on May 13, 2012 a radio interview
Hartsfield-Jackson’s new international terminal is opening "within budget."
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • May 23, 2012
Colleen Kiernan
Colleen Kiernan
stated on May 14, 2012 an interview
"Right now, we have the lowest gas tax of anywhere in the country."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • May 22, 2012
Ron Davis
Ron Davis
stated on March 1, 2012 a campaign flier
Says "over 40 percent of recent county bonds are for Precinct One, northeast Travis County," because he "is quick to identify projects that help make the East Side a desirable place to live."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 21, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on April 25, 2012 a press release
The recent process of awarding $3 billion worth of airport vending contracts was the "most open and transparent procurement process in the city’s history."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • May 21, 2012
Brett Bittner
Brett Bittner
stated on May 2, 2012 an interview
Taxpayers subsidize 80 percent of each MARTA trip
Mostly False
By Chris Joyner • May 18, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on May 3, 2012 an interview on WOR 710-AM's "The John Gambling Show"
"New Jersey has the largest transit system in the entire country."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 17, 2012
Transportation Leadership Coalition
Transportation Leadership Coalition
stated on April 30, 2012
The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority "concluded that light rail in Cobb County would more than double commute time and would therefore be unsuccessful in alleviating traffic congestion."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 15, 2012
Brigid Shea
Brigid Shea
stated on April 16, 2012 an Austin mayoral debate on KXAN-TV
Says Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell voted for a toll lane on MoPac.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 9, 2012
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 16, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate
"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 6, 2012
Citizens for Transportation Mobility
Citizens for Transportation Mobility
stated on April 16, 2012 an ad
"When housing and transportation costs are combined, Atlanta’s cost of living -- typically perceived as relatively low -- ranks as 7th worst out of 51 metros nationally."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 4, 2012
Citizens for Transportation Mobility
Citizens for Transportation Mobility
stated on April 14, 2012 a flier
The average Atlanta resident "spends an extra $924 each year in additional gasoline and wasted time."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • April 27, 2012
Clay Dafoe
Clay Dafoe
stated on April 16, 2012 a mayoral candidate debate on KXAN-TV
Says bus riders subsidize the "expensive, romanticized" Leander-to-Austin train.
False
By Ben Wear, Sue Owen • April 25, 2012
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on April 13, 2012 a video press release
"If you're earning under $100,000 a year and you commute to New York every day you pay more to the Port Authority in tolls than you pay to the state of New Jersey in income tax."
True
By Erin O'Neill • April 23, 2012
Jennifer Beck
Jennifer Beck
stated on April 11, 2012 an interview on NJToday
"The (ARC Tunnel) project was originally estimated to be $8.7 billion, and New Jersey alone was on the hook for all overruns."
True
By Bill Wichert • April 19, 2012
Anonymous Flier
Anonymous Flier
stated on April 4, 2012
A proposed regional transportation tax will last "a minimum" of 10 years, and has been approved to last longer.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • April 18, 2012
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
stated on April 2, 2012
"[O]ver 200,000 ordinary citizens were given the opportunity to identify projects they preferred."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 13, 2012
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on February 12, 2012 an interview.
Says "streetcars carry more people than buses … you attract more riders who don't ride transit now, and actually the operating costs are not any greater than the bus."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 3, 2012
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on March 20, 2012 an online post
"Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off – you’re 15 percent more likely to die in that car."
Mostly False
By Janie Har • March 29, 2012
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 22, 2012 an online blog
Says only seven percent of 2009’s stimulus bill went toward transportation projects, yet they created over one-third of the bill’s total jobs.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • March 23, 2012
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network
stated on March 16, 2012 in a TV ad
Metro Atlantans spend "over an hour every day" or "five hours a week" commuting, for a total of "260 hours a year."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 23, 2012
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