Today’s Headlines
Obama: Mayors Are the Ones Who Really Get It (Politico, Fiscal Times) Yet Another Transpo Funding Deadline Nears (The Hill) DC Plays With New Identity as Hub of Transportation Innovation (WaPo) House to Launch Probe of Automated Train Control (The Hill) Pope Offers Wise Words on Urban Planning and Transit (WaPo) It’s More Popular Than Ever … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on June 22, 2015
- Obama: Mayors Are the Ones Who Really Get It (Politico, Fiscal Times)
- Yet Another Transpo Funding Deadline Nears (The Hill)
- DC Plays With New Identity as Hub of Transportation Innovation (WaPo)
- House to Launch Probe of Automated Train Control (The Hill)
- Pope Offers Wise Words on Urban Planning and Transit (WaPo)
- It’s More Popular Than Ever to Open Streets to Pedestrians and Cyclists (Next City)
- Hartford Courant: Feds Need to Help Push New Haven-Springfield Amtrak Line
- Grand Rapids to Debut Bike-Share Next Month (Grand Rapids Biz Journal)
- Omaha’s Streetcar Plans Get Closer to Reality (Omaha.com)
- Protected Bike Lanes Coming to Detroit (Detroit Free-Press)
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