Today’s Headlines
States Bypass D.C. to Come Up With Their Own Transpo Funding (Governing) WaPo Tags Along With New Silver Line Riders With Metro and New Plaza, Tysons Corner Starts to Feel Urban (GGW) Streetcar Tracks Arrive in Detroit (MLive) What the “Southern Megalopolis” Could Look Like (WABE) $3.9B High-Speed Rail Proposal Would Link Atlanta and Columbus, … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:56 AM EDT on August 15, 2014
- States Bypass D.C. to Come Up With Their Own Transpo Funding (Governing)
- WaPo Tags Along With New Silver Line Riders
- With Metro and New Plaza, Tysons Corner Starts to Feel Urban (GGW)
- Streetcar Tracks Arrive in Detroit (MLive)
- What the “Southern Megalopolis” Could Look Like (WABE)
- $3.9B High-Speed Rail Proposal Would Link Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia (AJC)
- There’s No Rush to Sell High-Speed Rail Bonds in California (Fresno Bee)
- Uber vs. Lyft Battle Downplays Vulnerability of the Whole Industry (Wired)
- T Riders Save $13,000/Year, According to APTA (BostInno)
- Nashville’s “Infill King” Has a Plan to Rein in Sprawl (Nashville Ledger)
- All Over Albany Blog Tests Out Bike-Share Pilot
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