Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Transportation Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category John Ludlow dicho el Junio 7, 2012 en campaign website: Says "As Mayor of Wilsonville, I drove TriMet out of town and replaced their bloated transit system with our own local bus line that offers better service and has saved our businesses millions of dollars." Citizens for Transportation Mobility dicho el Abril 16, 2012 en in an advertisement: A government analysis shows under a proposed transportation tax, "metro Atlanta will create or support an additional 200,000 new jobs, including jobs that are maintained year over year." Brett Bittner dicho el Mayo 2, 2012 en an interview: Taxpayers subsidize 80 percent of each MARTA trip Lars Larson dicho el Marzo 20, 2012 en an online post: "Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off – you’re 15 percent more likely to die in that car." Peter DeFazio dicho el Febrero 22, 2012 en an online blog: Says only seven percent of 2009’s stimulus bill went toward transportation projects, yet they created over one-third of the bill’s total jobs. Chris Abele dicho el Diciembre 15, 2011 en a television interview: Says Milwaukee County buses are no less safe now than a year or two ago. Sam Adams dicho el Agosto 12, 2011 en in a speech: Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar. Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse dicho el Junio 1, 2011 en A highway billboard: "Voted the ‘best specialty plate in America’" Frank Lautenberg dicho el Junio 15, 2011 en an interview on ABC's "Top Line": "Since 2004, there have been some 1,300 attacks (on rail targets). Four thousand people have died. Thousands of injuries." Michele Bachmann dicho el Junio 26, 2011 en CBS' Face the Nation: "Under Barack Obama the last two years, the number of federal limousines for bureaucrats has increased 73 percent." Don Zimmerman dicho el Mayo 31, 2011 en a press release.: "Every time you buy an airline ticket, the federal government runs a background check on you." Charlotte Lehan dicho el Marzo 29, 2011 en an opinion column: If the Sellwood Bridge is not replaced, it will have to be shut down within eight years. Texas Department of Transportation dicho el Marzo 16, 2011 en a billboard message spotted in Austin.: "A DWI costs $17,000." Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 27, 2011 en an interview with CNN.: Says Tri-Rail shows the potential problems with investing in high-speed rail. Bob McDonnell dicho el Enero 12, 2011 en a speech.: Road construction bids "are coming in at the lowest in the modern era." Joe Biden dicho el Febrero 8, 2011 en a speech in Philadelphia: "If you shut down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it's estimated you'd have to add seven new lanes to I-95 to accommodate the increased traffic." Bob McDonnell dicho el Enero 12, 2011 en the State of the Commonwealth address: "It is estimated that every $100 million spent on construction generates 3,000 new jobs." City of Atlanta dicho el Noviembre 12, 2010 en a press release: Red light camera installed to "promote public safety." Sierra Club dicho el Noviembre 4, 2010 en a news release issued by the group's John Muir chapter in Wisconsin: If the state turns down money for high-speed rail, it will "kill nearly 10,000 permanent Wisconsin jobs." Richard Saslaw dicho el Noviembre 9, 2010 en a statement to Alexandria City Council : $65 million from ABC privatization will not pay for "even an overpass in Tysons Corner." Mark Neumann dicho el Septiembre 9, 2010 en a campaign TV ad: Scott Walker supported the same transportation bill he’s attacking me for. He said at the time it would save the taxpayers money. Sam Rashid dicho el Julio 26, 2010 en in a mailer.: The sales tax increase, if approved, will cost taxpayers "up to $300 million per year, in perpetuity, to finance a rail system for the City of Tampa." Michael Tyler dicho el Junio 9, 2010 en an op-ed piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "[U]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, MARTA has never received any significant, dedicated funding from the state of Georgia." House Natural Resources Committee Republicans dicho el Abril 5, 2010 en a news release posted on his website.: "Obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling – all of these areas were already open for drilling once Congress and President Bush lifted the moratorium in 2008. Instead, President Obama yesterday announced what areas he would CLOSE to offshore drilling." Kay Bailey Hutchison dicho el Febrero 7, 2010 en a video: "Taxpayers even footed the bill for Perry’s trip to a bachelor party in Las Vegas." Nancy Pelosi dicho el Octubre 5, 2009 en an interview on the Charlie Rose Show: About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions. John McCain dicho el Septiembre 8, 2008 en a TV ad: Palin "stopped the Bridge to Nowhere." Mike Huckabee dicho el Enero 30, 2008 en a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year."
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John Ludlow dicho el Junio 7, 2012 en campaign website: Says "As Mayor of Wilsonville, I drove TriMet out of town and replaced their bloated transit system with our own local bus line that offers better service and has saved our businesses millions of dollars." Citizens for Transportation Mobility dicho el Abril 16, 2012 en in an advertisement: A government analysis shows under a proposed transportation tax, "metro Atlanta will create or support an additional 200,000 new jobs, including jobs that are maintained year over year." Brett Bittner dicho el Mayo 2, 2012 en an interview: Taxpayers subsidize 80 percent of each MARTA trip Lars Larson dicho el Marzo 20, 2012 en an online post: "Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off – you’re 15 percent more likely to die in that car." Peter DeFazio dicho el Febrero 22, 2012 en an online blog: Says only seven percent of 2009’s stimulus bill went toward transportation projects, yet they created over one-third of the bill’s total jobs. Chris Abele dicho el Diciembre 15, 2011 en a television interview: Says Milwaukee County buses are no less safe now than a year or two ago. Sam Adams dicho el Agosto 12, 2011 en in a speech: Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar. Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse dicho el Junio 1, 2011 en A highway billboard: "Voted the ‘best specialty plate in America’" Frank Lautenberg dicho el Junio 15, 2011 en an interview on ABC's "Top Line": "Since 2004, there have been some 1,300 attacks (on rail targets). Four thousand people have died. Thousands of injuries." Michele Bachmann dicho el Junio 26, 2011 en CBS' Face the Nation: "Under Barack Obama the last two years, the number of federal limousines for bureaucrats has increased 73 percent." Don Zimmerman dicho el Mayo 31, 2011 en a press release.: "Every time you buy an airline ticket, the federal government runs a background check on you." Charlotte Lehan dicho el Marzo 29, 2011 en an opinion column: If the Sellwood Bridge is not replaced, it will have to be shut down within eight years. Texas Department of Transportation dicho el Marzo 16, 2011 en a billboard message spotted in Austin.: "A DWI costs $17,000." Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 27, 2011 en an interview with CNN.: Says Tri-Rail shows the potential problems with investing in high-speed rail. Bob McDonnell dicho el Enero 12, 2011 en a speech.: Road construction bids "are coming in at the lowest in the modern era." Joe Biden dicho el Febrero 8, 2011 en a speech in Philadelphia: "If you shut down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it's estimated you'd have to add seven new lanes to I-95 to accommodate the increased traffic." Bob McDonnell dicho el Enero 12, 2011 en the State of the Commonwealth address: "It is estimated that every $100 million spent on construction generates 3,000 new jobs." City of Atlanta dicho el Noviembre 12, 2010 en a press release: Red light camera installed to "promote public safety." Sierra Club dicho el Noviembre 4, 2010 en a news release issued by the group's John Muir chapter in Wisconsin: If the state turns down money for high-speed rail, it will "kill nearly 10,000 permanent Wisconsin jobs." Richard Saslaw dicho el Noviembre 9, 2010 en a statement to Alexandria City Council : $65 million from ABC privatization will not pay for "even an overpass in Tysons Corner." Mark Neumann dicho el Septiembre 9, 2010 en a campaign TV ad: Scott Walker supported the same transportation bill he’s attacking me for. He said at the time it would save the taxpayers money. Sam Rashid dicho el Julio 26, 2010 en in a mailer.: The sales tax increase, if approved, will cost taxpayers "up to $300 million per year, in perpetuity, to finance a rail system for the City of Tampa." Michael Tyler dicho el Junio 9, 2010 en an op-ed piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "[U]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, MARTA has never received any significant, dedicated funding from the state of Georgia." House Natural Resources Committee Republicans dicho el Abril 5, 2010 en a news release posted on his website.: "Obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling – all of these areas were already open for drilling once Congress and President Bush lifted the moratorium in 2008. Instead, President Obama yesterday announced what areas he would CLOSE to offshore drilling." Kay Bailey Hutchison dicho el Febrero 7, 2010 en a video: "Taxpayers even footed the bill for Perry’s trip to a bachelor party in Las Vegas." Nancy Pelosi dicho el Octubre 5, 2009 en an interview on the Charlie Rose Show: About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions. John McCain dicho el Septiembre 8, 2008 en a TV ad: Palin "stopped the Bridge to Nowhere." Mike Huckabee dicho el Enero 30, 2008 en a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year."
John Ludlow dicho el Junio 7, 2012 en campaign website: Says "As Mayor of Wilsonville, I drove TriMet out of town and replaced their bloated transit system with our own local bus line that offers better service and has saved our businesses millions of dollars."
Citizens for Transportation Mobility dicho el Abril 16, 2012 en in an advertisement: A government analysis shows under a proposed transportation tax, "metro Atlanta will create or support an additional 200,000 new jobs, including jobs that are maintained year over year."
Brett Bittner dicho el Mayo 2, 2012 en an interview: Taxpayers subsidize 80 percent of each MARTA trip
Lars Larson dicho el Marzo 20, 2012 en an online post: "Every time the weight of that vehicle is reduced by a hundred pounds, your chances of dying are going to go up by about 5 percent. Peel three hundred pounds off – you’re 15 percent more likely to die in that car."
Peter DeFazio dicho el Febrero 22, 2012 en an online blog: Says only seven percent of 2009’s stimulus bill went toward transportation projects, yet they created over one-third of the bill’s total jobs.
Chris Abele dicho el Diciembre 15, 2011 en a television interview: Says Milwaukee County buses are no less safe now than a year or two ago.
Sam Adams dicho el Agosto 12, 2011 en in a speech: Says there's $4 billion in private investment along the streetcar.
Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse dicho el Junio 1, 2011 en A highway billboard: "Voted the ‘best specialty plate in America’"
Frank Lautenberg dicho el Junio 15, 2011 en an interview on ABC's "Top Line": "Since 2004, there have been some 1,300 attacks (on rail targets). Four thousand people have died. Thousands of injuries."
Michele Bachmann dicho el Junio 26, 2011 en CBS' Face the Nation: "Under Barack Obama the last two years, the number of federal limousines for bureaucrats has increased 73 percent."
Don Zimmerman dicho el Mayo 31, 2011 en a press release.: "Every time you buy an airline ticket, the federal government runs a background check on you."
Charlotte Lehan dicho el Marzo 29, 2011 en an opinion column: If the Sellwood Bridge is not replaced, it will have to be shut down within eight years.
Texas Department of Transportation dicho el Marzo 16, 2011 en a billboard message spotted in Austin.: "A DWI costs $17,000."
Rick Scott dicho el Febrero 27, 2011 en an interview with CNN.: Says Tri-Rail shows the potential problems with investing in high-speed rail.
Bob McDonnell dicho el Enero 12, 2011 en a speech.: Road construction bids "are coming in at the lowest in the modern era."
Joe Biden dicho el Febrero 8, 2011 en a speech in Philadelphia: "If you shut down Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, it's estimated you'd have to add seven new lanes to I-95 to accommodate the increased traffic."
Bob McDonnell dicho el Enero 12, 2011 en the State of the Commonwealth address: "It is estimated that every $100 million spent on construction generates 3,000 new jobs."
City of Atlanta dicho el Noviembre 12, 2010 en a press release: Red light camera installed to "promote public safety."
Sierra Club dicho el Noviembre 4, 2010 en a news release issued by the group's John Muir chapter in Wisconsin: If the state turns down money for high-speed rail, it will "kill nearly 10,000 permanent Wisconsin jobs."
Richard Saslaw dicho el Noviembre 9, 2010 en a statement to Alexandria City Council : $65 million from ABC privatization will not pay for "even an overpass in Tysons Corner."
Mark Neumann dicho el Septiembre 9, 2010 en a campaign TV ad: Scott Walker supported the same transportation bill he’s attacking me for. He said at the time it would save the taxpayers money.
Sam Rashid dicho el Julio 26, 2010 en in a mailer.: The sales tax increase, if approved, will cost taxpayers "up to $300 million per year, in perpetuity, to finance a rail system for the City of Tampa."
Michael Tyler dicho el Junio 9, 2010 en an op-ed piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "[U]nlike every other major transit system in the nation, MARTA has never received any significant, dedicated funding from the state of Georgia."
House Natural Resources Committee Republicans dicho el Abril 5, 2010 en a news release posted on his website.: "Obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling – all of these areas were already open for drilling once Congress and President Bush lifted the moratorium in 2008. Instead, President Obama yesterday announced what areas he would CLOSE to offshore drilling."
Kay Bailey Hutchison dicho el Febrero 7, 2010 en a video: "Taxpayers even footed the bill for Perry’s trip to a bachelor party in Las Vegas."
Nancy Pelosi dicho el Octubre 5, 2009 en an interview on the Charlie Rose Show: About 750,000 people die in China each year from auto emissions.
Mike Huckabee dicho el Enero 30, 2008 en a Republican debate in Simi Valley, Calif.: "Every billion dollars we spend on highway construction results in 47,500 jobs. But the fact is the average American is sitting in traffic 38 hours a year."
