PORTLAND, OR –(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. Today, at the Hollywood transit center in Portland, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced that he has introduced the Transportation, Access and Opportunity Act, new legislation to encourage and support local governments to better connect their transportation systems to jobs and economic opportunities in the region.
Increasingly, low-income Americans are living in the suburbs rather than in city cores, leaving them further away from good-paying jobs and reliable public transportation. Between…
