Today’s Headlines
House Passes 10-Month Stopgap for Transpo Bill (NYT) And Now Eyes Turn to Senate (Politico) How the “Boring Highway Trust Fund” Became a Lightning Rod for GOP (Slate) How Do Low-Income Washingtonians View Cycling? (CityLab) More and More, Car-Loving Cities Turn to Light Rail (Next City) Pro-Rail Group in Austin Raises Big Funds (Statesman) Report: Costs … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:52 AM EDT on July 16, 2014
- House Passes 10-Month Stopgap for Transpo Bill (NYT) And Now Eyes Turn to Senate (Politico)
- How the “Boring Highway Trust Fund” Became a Lightning Rod for GOP (Slate)
- How Do Low-Income Washingtonians View Cycling? (CityLab)
- More and More, Car-Loving Cities Turn to Light Rail (Next City)
- Pro-Rail Group in Austin Raises Big Funds (Statesman)
- Report: Costs High, Fares Low for New Orleans Transit (Times-Picayune)
- Montgomery County, MD, Gets New Planning Chair (GGW, WaPo)
- Atlanta Streetcar Opening Delayed Until November (AJC)
- Jarrett Walker Looks at Tucson’s Transit Future (Tucson News, Human Transit)
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