Today’s Headlines
Boxer Sounds Alarm on Ticking Clock for Transportation Funding (The Hill) And AASHTO Infographic Lays Out All the Numbers (via Better Roads) Without Tax Hike, Detroit Bus System Will Have to Shut Down (AP) APTA Stands by Its Ridership Report (Progressive Railroading) Increasing Number of Californians Support High-Speed Rail (Sacramento Biz Journal) DC Metro Fares to Rise … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:53 AM EDT on March 28, 2014
- Boxer Sounds Alarm on Ticking Clock for Transportation Funding (The Hill)
- And AASHTO Infographic Lays Out All the Numbers (via Better Roads)
- Without Tax Hike, Detroit Bus System Will Have to Shut Down (AP)
- APTA Stands by Its Ridership Report (Progressive Railroading)
- Increasing Number of Californians Support High-Speed Rail (Sacramento Biz Journal)
- DC Metro Fares to Rise in July (WaPo)
- Cincinnati Looks to Urban Trend of Resurrecting Rail Stations (Cincinnati.com)
- Cuomo Seeks $4.9B Transit Resiliency Plan for Sandy-Like Disasters (Staten Island Live)
- Support Grows for Bullet Train in North Texas (Star Telegram)
- Report: Streetcar Would Spur Development for Virginia’s Columbia Pike (GGW, Bacon’s Rebellion)
- Pro-Transit Group Pushes for Central St. Louis Station (St. Louis Public Radio)
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