Today’s Headlines
Boston May Top Pedestrian Safety Lists, But Many Crashes Go Unreported (Boston Globe) Former Obama Strategist David Plouffe to Head PR for Uber (Roll Call) Bullet Trains in Texas “Could Change Everything” (Tucson Sentinel) Pedestrians, Then Train Riders, Are the Happiest Commuters (City Lab) Pennsylvania One of Several States Taking Control of Their Transpo Funding … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EDT on August 20, 2014
- Boston May Top Pedestrian Safety Lists, But Many Crashes Go Unreported (Boston Globe)
- Former Obama Strategist David Plouffe to Head PR for Uber (Roll Call)
- Bullet Trains in Texas “Could Change Everything” (Tucson Sentinel)
- Pedestrians, Then Train Riders, Are the Happiest Commuters (City Lab)
- Pennsylvania One of Several States Taking Control of Their Transpo Funding (Daily Signal)
- Utah Looks to Walking, Biking for Transportation Revolution (SL Trib)
- It’s Tough to Measure the Climate-Friendliness of Bike-Share (Climate Central)
- With Revamped Plaza, Philly Has a “Front Porch for Civic Hub” (Inquirer)
- Minneapolis Leaders Press for Bus Connections to New Light Rail (StarTrib)
- How to Build for BRT (City Fix)
- Why Doesn’t Transit Function Better in Athens, Georgia? (Flagpole Mag)
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