Advocates Say New Transportation Bill is a Step Backwards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Serena Unrein Statement of Serena Unrein, Public Interest Advocate for the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (Arizona PIRG), on the transportation...
View ArticleU.S. House Proposal Threatens to Defund Public Transportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 2, 2012 Serena Unrein Statement of Serena Unrein, Public Interest Advocate for the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (Arizona PIRG), on the U.S. House...
View ArticleUS House Transportation Bill for the 19th Century, not the 21st Century
Blog Friday, February 3, 2012Serena Unrein With much fanfare and 854 days late, the U.S. House last week introduced bills to fund our nation's transportation system for the next five years. The new...
View ArticleNew Report: Long-Term Drop in How Much People Drive, Youth Desire More...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 5, 2012 Serena Unrein A new report released today by the Arizona PIRG Education Fund demonstrates that Americans have been driving less since the middle of last...
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Transportation & the New Generation
Released by: Arizona PIRG Education Fund Release date: Thursday, April 5, 2012 Transportation & the New Generationv AZ.pdf From World War II until just a few years ago, the number of miles driven...
View ArticleArizona Public Media: Arizonans Driving Less, Despite Population Gains
Arizona PIRG Education Fund 21st Century Transportation for Arizona Arizona Public Media Monday, April 9, 2012 Kelly Hultgren See the full text of the article here. Americans are driving less for the...
View ArticlePhoenix-Tucson Rail Creates Jobs, Save Millions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Serena Unrein A new report released today by the Arizona PIRG Education Fund highlighted the benefits of connecting Phoenix and Tucson with passenger rail....
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Connecting Phoenix and Tucson
Released by: Arizona PIRG Education Fund Release date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 AZP Connecting Phoenix and Tucson 12.pdf Over the past few decades, explosive population growth in Phoenix and Tucson has...
View ArticleFederal Transportation Bill is a Step Backwards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 28, 2012 Serena Unrein Statement of Serena Unrein, Public Interest Advocate for the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (Arizona PIRG), regarding the final...
View ArticleNew TIFIA Rules Will Hurt the Public
Blog Tuesday, July 10, 2012Serena Unrein The one major transportation program that was significantly expanded in last week's new surface transportation bill was TIFIA, the federal loan program meant...
View ArticleConsumer Group to ADOT: Arizonans Need Passenger Rail
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 24, 2012Serena UnreinAs the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) takes public comment on a proposed passenger rail line connecting Phoenix and Tucson,...
View ArticleA Trillion Fewer Driving Miles?
BlogMonday, October 29, 2012Serena UnreinIt’s now common knowledge that annual changes in the volume of driving no longer follow the old ways.For sixty years, the number of vehicle miles travelled...
View ArticleFlagstaff Transit Highlighted in New National Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 9, 2013Serena UnreinA new report by Reconnecting America highlights Flagstaff as one of 14 midsize cities in the country setting an example for the next...
View ArticleIt's time to restore transit funding in Arizona
BlogTuesday, February 19, 2013Serena UnreinYesterday I testified in support of HB 2594, which would restore funding for the Local Transportation Assistance Fund, or LTAF, which was a vital source of...
View ArticleNew Report: Reduction in Driving Likely to Continue
As the average number of miles driven by Americans heads into its eighth year of decline, a new report from the Arizona PIRG Education Fund finds that the slowdown in driving is likely to continue. The...
View ArticleA New Direction
The Driving Boom—a six decade-long period of steady increases in per-capita driving in the United States—is over. Americans drive fewer total miles today than we did eight years ago, and fewer per...
View ArticleArizona Republic: Approval of $66 mil Arizona highway plan questioned
A project that went from zero to $66 million in two weeks will be the largest rural-highway project Arizona builds in the next five years. "It’s astonishing that would happen,” said Serena Unrein, a...
View ArticleNew Study Finds Technology Enabling People to Drive Less
In a first-of-its-kind study, the Arizona PIRG Education Fund compiled evidence on transportation apps and vehicle sharing programs and found that these advanced new tools have made it easier for...
View ArticleA New Way to Go
Over the last 15 years, the Internet and mobile communications technologies have transformed the way Americans live and work. During that same period, growth in vehicle travel slowed and then stopped,...
View ArticleNew "Urban Streets" Guide Could Help Arizona Become More Walkable, Livable
In Phoenix the National Association of City Transportation Officials unveiled its new Urban Street Design Guide, a handbook that can help Arizona’s cities make their streets better for people and...
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