Today’s Headlines
Amtrak Steams Ahead with Plans for HSR Despite GOP Calls for Privatization (TheHill) Florida DOT Apologizes to Transit Board for Secret Plans to Dissolve It (Palm Beach Post) Common Sense Success Story: Hawkeye Express Makes It Easier, Faster to Get to Iowa Games (GGW) Another Study Showing Bike Lanes Good for Everyone, Even Motorists (Globe … Continued
8:56 AM EDT on August 25, 2011
- Amtrak Steams Ahead with Plans for HSR Despite GOP Calls for Privatization (TheHill)
- Florida DOT Apologizes to Transit Board for Secret Plans to Dissolve It (Palm Beach Post)
- Common Sense Success Story: Hawkeye Express Makes It Easier, Faster to Get to Iowa Games (GGW)
- Another Study Showing Bike Lanes Good for Everyone, Even Motorists (Globe & Mail)
- Arizona Concerned Transportation Waffling in DC Will Jeopardize Planned Projects (AZCentral)
- Chicago’s Active Transportation Alliance Launches Riders for Better Transit (Chicago Tribune)
- Study: 85 Percent of Canadians Have Never Tried Transit Or Bicycling to Work (CBC)
- Parked in the Bike Lane? Lithuania Mayor Says Tanks Will Roll Again! (Transportation Nation)
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