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Latest Fact-Checks In Transportation

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Eva Galambos
Eva Galambos
stated on September 27, 2011 an op-ed:
"Not a single segment of the proposed Beltline intersects the MARTA system at MARTA stations."
False
By Eric Stirgus • October 11, 2011
Mike McCabe
Mike McCabe
stated on September 17, 2011 a speech:
Wisconsin's new state budget includes "a 15 percent increase for road construction and yet we’ve got local towns tearing up" paved roads and replacing them with gravel.
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 2, 2011
Jennette Gayer
Jennette Gayer
stated on September 15, 2011 a meeting:
"We have had over 40 days this summer where it was unsafe to breathe the air."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 30, 2011
Debbie Dooley
Debbie Dooley
stated on September 6, 2011 an op-ed:
"[Eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected."
False
By Eric Stirgus • September 20, 2011
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on September 2, 2011 in an interview on WEDU-TV:
"One international flight a day in a wide-bodied jet ... one flight daily generates $150 million a year and approximately 2,300 jobs."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • September 12, 2011
Chip Rogers
Chip Rogers
stated on August 22, 2011 a meeting:
Rail "doesn’t do a great job in lessening traffic."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • September 6, 2011
Kevin O'Toole
Kevin O'Toole
stated on August 21, 2011 an opinion piece in the Times of Trenton:
"As we near the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we should not forget that some of the hijackers used New Jersey driver’s licenses to board those aircraft."
False
By Bill Wichert • August 28, 2011
Albert Papp Jr.
Albert Papp Jr.
stated on August 20, 2011 an interview on News 12 New Jersey’s Power & Politics show:
"Last year -- actually, this year in May -- we saw New Jersey Transit fares rise anywhere from 25 percent to 47 percent."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • August 23, 2011
David Pennington
David Pennington
stated on August 15, 2011 a press conference:
The proposed transportation bill "could be the largest tax increase in Georgia history."
True
By Eric Stirgus • August 22, 2011
James Bennett
James Bennett
stated on August 15, 2011 a news conference:
Providence's port is "200 miles closer to Europe than any other Eastern port."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 21, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 15, 2011 a speech.:
Says the government wants to require farm tractor drivers to hold commercial driver’s licenses even if they’re just crossing a single public road.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 16, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on July 28, 2011 an interview:
On how money from a possible lease of the Ohio Turnpike would be used
Half Flip
By Reginald Fields • August 11, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 5, 2011 TV interview:
High-speed rail would have cost Florida taxpayers $1 billion to build.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 11, 2011
Federal Transit Administration
Federal Transit Administration
stated on July 13, 2011 a press release:
The Atlanta streetcar is expected to create 930 jobs during construction, totaling more than 5,600 jobs over the next 20 years.
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • July 25, 2011
Bill Johnson
Bill Johnson
stated on July 5, 2011 an online news story:
On opposition to earmarks
No Flip
By Tom Feran • July 20, 2011
Mike Bodker
Mike Bodker
stated on June 16, 2011 a newspaper article:
"[L]ess than one-tenth of Atlanta's transportation needs are covered" in a referendum to levy a 1-cent sales tax.
True
By Willoughby Mariano • July 20, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 29, 2011 a press release:
Says legislative debate of airport pat-down procedures initiated federal changes in security procedures.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 16, 2011 an "On the Line" interview with Steve Adubato:
Says car insurance rates have decreased since about a decade ago because of market-based solutions that attracted more auto insurers to New Jersey.
True
By Erin O'Neill • July 7, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference:
"You see a whole bunch of Korean cars here in the United States, and you don't see any American cars in Korea."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 4, 2011
Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse
Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse
stated on June 1, 2011 A highway billboard:
"Voted the ‘best specialty plate in America’"
Mostly False
By Richard Salit • July 3, 2011
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