Today’s Headlines
L.A. Breaks Ground on Subway Link to Connect Downtown (L.A. Times) For High-Speed Rail, Intermountain States Depend on California’s Success (SL Trib) After Kansas and Utah, Foxx Visits Portland Today to Tour Tilikum Crossing (Roll Call, SL Trib, Oregonian) Rail-Trail Group Seeks Bike/Ped Path Along New All Aboard Florida Line (Orlando Biz Journal) Final Designs to Begin for Fort Worth’s … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:52 AM EDT on October 1, 2014
- L.A. Breaks Ground on Subway Link to Connect Downtown (L.A. Times)
- For High-Speed Rail, Intermountain States Depend on California’s Success (SL Trib)
- After Kansas and Utah, Foxx Visits Portland Today to Tour Tilikum Crossing (Roll Call, SL Trib, Oregonian)
- Rail-Trail Group Seeks Bike/Ped Path Along New All Aboard Florida Line (Orlando Biz Journal)
- Final Designs to Begin for Fort Worth’s 27-Mile TEX Rail (Star-Telegram)
- New Station Will Connect Allston to Downtown Boston (Boston Globe)
- Japanese Bullet Train — The World’s First — Turns 50 Today (AP)
- Under New Leadership, Atlanta Transit Might See Better Future (Peach Pundit)
- Report: Long-Term Forecasting Rarely Informs Transportation Decisions (Governing)
- Helsinki Strives to Go Car-Free By 2025 (Smithsonian)
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