Today’s Headlines
Mica Points Finger at Dems for Failing Transpo Workers (The Hill) Georgia Moves on to Plan B After T-SPLOST Debacle (AJC) The Short-Term Benefit of the California Bullet Train: Jobs (Press-Enterprise) Chicago Area Plays “Three-Dimensional Chess” With Transit Funds (Tribune) New Jersey Dems Tout Amtrak’s Record Numbers (The Hill) DC Metro Unveils Spiffy New Rail … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EDT on October 11, 2012
- Mica Points Finger at Dems for Failing Transpo Workers (The Hill)
- Georgia Moves on to Plan B After T-SPLOST Debacle (AJC)
- The Short-Term Benefit of the California Bullet Train: Jobs (Press-Enterprise)
- Chicago Area Plays “Three-Dimensional Chess” With Transit Funds (Tribune)
- New Jersey Dems Tout Amtrak’s Record Numbers (The Hill)
- DC Metro Unveils Spiffy New Rail Cars (WJLA)
- Massachusetts Governor Gets Serious About Commuter Rail for South Coast
- Inquirer: Don’t Cut Back on Amtrak Keystone
- Tampa Looks Into Bike-Sharing (TBO)
- “Dorky” New Bike Map Aims for Safer Cycling in Indianapolis (Fox 59)
- London: Take Bikes Off the Roads, Put Them in the Sky (Evening Standard)
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