Today’s Headlines
L.A. Purple Line Gets $1.5B From Feds (KPCC) Transit Workers, Supporters Rally for Funding in D.C. (Examiner) Shuster Takes Republican Primary in PA (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Boston Ranks Safest in Nation for Walking (Mass Live); Orlando Again Ranks Worst (Sentinel) Why Do American-Indians Have Higher Pedestrian Fatality Rates? (KPLU) Study: All Aboard Florida Will Create Over 10,000 Jobs (South Florida Biz … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:52 AM EDT on May 21, 2014
- L.A. Purple Line Gets $1.5B From Feds (KPCC)
- Transit Workers, Supporters Rally for Funding in D.C. (Examiner)
- Shuster Takes Republican Primary in PA (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Boston Ranks Safest in Nation for Walking (Mass Live); Orlando Again Ranks Worst (Sentinel)
- Why Do American-Indians Have Higher Pedestrian Fatality Rates? (KPLU)
- Study: All Aboard Florida Will Create Over 10,000 Jobs (South Florida Biz Journal)
- Downtown Development Experts Converge in Detroit (Model D)
- Cincinnati Opts to Take “Use It Or Lose It” Funds for Streetcar (Cincinnati.com)
- CT Mirror Op-Ed: BRT Offers Chance to Reinvent CT’s Main Streets
- Sprawl Defines Long-Term Vision for Prince George’s County, MD (GGW)
- Downtown Boise Divided on Bike Lanes (Idaho Statesman)
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