Today’s Headlines
Massachusetts Transpo Secretary to Step Down This Month (AP) Public Meetings Begin Soon on Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail (Dallas News) Purple Line Politics Play Into Maryland’s Race for Governor (WaPo) Missouri Ethics Panel Shoots Down Complaint on Kansas City Streetcar (KC Star) There May Still Be Hope for the Federal Employee Mass Transit Benefit (Gov Exec) … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EDT on October 10, 2014
- Massachusetts Transpo Secretary to Step Down This Month (AP)
- Public Meetings Begin Soon on Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail (Dallas News)
- Purple Line Politics Play Into Maryland’s Race for Governor (WaPo)
- Missouri Ethics Panel Shoots Down Complaint on Kansas City Streetcar (KC Star)
- There May Still Be Hope for the Federal Employee Mass Transit Benefit (Gov Exec)
- Utah Looks Into Alternatives to Building New Freeway (SL Trib)
- What Old Transit Maps Reveal About a City’s Future Direction (CityLab)
- Amtrak CEO: Indiana Needs to Decide What It Wants With Hoosier State Line (Journal & Courier)
- Minnesota Governor Proposes New Gas Tax for Transpo Projects (Roll Call)
- An 8th-Grader Dreams Up Subway Maps for Cities Without Subways (Fast Coexist)
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