Today’s Headlines
Local Leaders Celebrate TIGER Grants Before DOT Announces Official Winners (Transport Topics) City Lab: The People in Charge of American Transit Should Actually Ride Transit Boxer Tells Politico MT She’s Working on Options for Long-Term Transpo Funding Cleveland Launches Bike-share (Crain’s) Arlington, VA, May Be a Model for Transit and Policy, But Does It Have … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on September 11, 2014
- Local Leaders Celebrate TIGER Grants Before DOT Announces Official Winners (Transport Topics)
- City Lab: The People in Charge of American Transit Should Actually Ride Transit
- Boxer Tells Politico MT She’s Working on Options for Long-Term Transpo Funding
- Cleveland Launches Bike-share (Crain’s)
- Arlington, VA, May Be a Model for Transit and Policy, But Does It Have Any Soul? (WaPo)
- Chicago Eyes Major Upgrades for Union Station (Sun-Times)
- Will Driverless Cars Help or Harm the Planet? (Christian Science Monitor)
- To Keep Budget in Check, Honolulu Presses Restart on Rail Station Bids (KITV)
- Wanna Commute By Bus to New Haven? Allow 2.5 Hours Each Way (New Haven Independent)
- Signs of Hope for Daily Amtrak Service to Palm Springs (Desert Sun)
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