Today’s Headlines
Liberal Think Tank Criticizes Attempt to Kill Federal Gas Tax (The Hill) Biden Talks Infrastructure in Granite City (AP) Key Supporter Flip Flops on California High-Speed Rail (SF Chron) Tampa Transit Campaign Leader Resigns Under Tea Party Pressure (Tampa Bay Times) Dedicated Lanes Helped Pre-War Streetcar Lines Survive (Next City) Three New Jersey Cities Plan … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EST on February 20, 2014
- Liberal Think Tank Criticizes Attempt to Kill Federal Gas Tax (The Hill)
- Biden Talks Infrastructure in Granite City (AP)
- Key Supporter Flip Flops on California High-Speed Rail (SF Chron)
- Tampa Transit Campaign Leader Resigns Under Tea Party Pressure (Tampa Bay Times)
- Dedicated Lanes Helped Pre-War Streetcar Lines Survive (Next City)
- Three New Jersey Cities Plan for Bike-Sharing (CBS NY)
- Atlantic Cities: Urban Freeways Aren’t Going Anywhere
- Houston Rail Line Surpasses Ridership Expectations By 62% (Metro Mag)
- CTfasttrak Busway Project Is on Time, on Budget (New Britain Herald)
- Tuscon Streetcar Needs Exception From Feds to Start Running This Summer (AZ Star)
- Armed With Grant, Andres Duany Seeks “Lean Urbanism” (Miami Herald)
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