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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.
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By Willoughby Mariano • July 24, 2012
stated on June 12, 2012 an interview
Since President Barack Obama took office, "you have 1,700 employees just at the Department of Transportation" earning over $170,000.
False
June 21, 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
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
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
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
Lenny Curry
Lenny Curry
stated on March 4, 2012 an interview on "Political Connections"
Says Barack Obama "promised" gasoline at $2.50 a gallon.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 8, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 11, 2012 a news conference
The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.
False
By Alex Kuffner • January 26, 2012
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on December 27, 2011 an email newsletter
"New Jersey taxpayers … will now face the highest tolls in the country."
False
By Erin O'Neill • January 2, 2012
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
October 2, 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
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
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
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
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
John Lee
John Lee
stated on May 17, 2011 May 17 election voters pamphlet
The study that states that more than 70 percent of the traffic on the Sellwood Bridge is to/from Clackamas County has been thoroughly debunked by The Oregonian. 
False
By Janie Har • May 7, 2011
Jason Haas
Jason Haas
stated on February 27, 2011 a newspaper interview
Milwaukee lost the headquarters for MillerCoors because the area lacks good transit.
False
By Joe Carey • April 2, 2011
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on January 17, 2011 a newsletter to constituents
Building and running the Atlanta Streetcar is projected to create 1,399 jobs.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 16, 2011
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