Today’s Headlines
At UN Summit, Obama Details U.S. Initiatives on Climate Change (CS Monitor) Scientific-American: Cities, Not Nations, Lead Action on Climate Change Biden Talks Infrastructure in Norfolk Today (Daily Press) How a Grassroots Group Achieved Streetcar Victory in Cincinnati (CityLab) Foxx Visits Lincoln, Nebraska, Plant That Supplies Transit Cars Across U.S. (Omaha.com) Philly’s SEPTA Gets $86.78M … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:55 AM EDT on September 24, 2014
- At UN Summit, Obama Details U.S. Initiatives on Climate Change (CS Monitor)
- Scientific-American: Cities, Not Nations, Lead Action on Climate Change
- Biden Talks Infrastructure in Norfolk Today (Daily Press)
- How a Grassroots Group Achieved Streetcar Victory in Cincinnati (CityLab)
- Foxx Visits Lincoln, Nebraska, Plant That Supplies Transit Cars Across U.S. (Omaha.com)
- Philly’s SEPTA Gets $86.78M for Sandy Recovery (Philadelphia Trib)
- Sustainable City Planned for Former U.S. Base in Philippines (WSJ)
- How the Purple Line Will Help Maryland Residents Go Car-Free (GGW)
- Metro-North Trains Could Come to NYC’s Penn Station (Stamford Advocate)
- Is There Consensus Now on Boise Bike Lanes? (Idaho Statesman)
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