Today’s Headlines
California Farmers Settle in High-Speed Rail Case (Reuters), But More Delays Could Be Ahead (WaPo) CDC: 47,000 Pedestrian Deaths Between 2001 and 2010 (Atlantic Cities) Metro Detroit Tops Nation in Job Sprawl (MLive, Yahoo) Cost of Car Ownership Rose by 2 Percent Last Year (Next City) In Minnesota, Lots of Debate Over How to Fund Transpo … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EDT on April 19, 2013
- California Farmers Settle in High-Speed Rail Case (Reuters), But More Delays Could Be Ahead (WaPo)
- CDC: 47,000 Pedestrian Deaths Between 2001 and 2010 (Atlantic Cities)
- Metro Detroit Tops Nation in Job Sprawl (MLive, Yahoo)
- Cost of Car Ownership Rose by 2 Percent Last Year (Next City)
- In Minnesota, Lots of Debate Over How to Fund Transpo (Post Review)
- Transit Advocates Rally in Pittsburgh (Post-Gazette)
- Sound Transit Promotes Biking to Train/Bus Stops (Seattle Times)
- Bike League Sets Challenge: 50,000 Cyclists Logging 20M Miles
- Jeff Tumlin’s Tips on How Cities Can Make Their Transpo Systems More Sustainable (RPUS)
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