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Birmingham Public Transit Inches Forward With Federal Help, and No State Funding
Alabama, the only state that doesn’t fund public transit, passed on another opportunity this legislative session. Thanks to car dependence, the state has the nation’s highest per-capita gasoline use.
By Marianne Lavelle
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—When she was a child in Charleston, S.C., Marva Douglas remembers she had to ride in the back of the bus to visit the zoo, museum or library.
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As electric vehicles — critical in the effort to reduce emissions in transportation — become more economical, the federal government and some states are addressing the need for supporting infrastructure, such as charging stations.