Today’s Headlines
NJ Transportation Commissioner: Road Expansion Days Are Over (NJ.com) Work to Begin on Unifying House and Senate Transportation Bills (The Hill) Highway Trust Fund Reached Lowest Levels in Decades in July (Today in Energy) Michigan Gov Signs Gas Tax Hike, General Fund Transfer for Roads/Transit (Planetizen) Boston Millennials Care More About Transit Than Parking (Boston Magazine) … Continued
8:58 AM EST on November 11, 2015
- NJ Transportation Commissioner: Road Expansion Days Are Over (NJ.com)
- Work to Begin on Unifying House and Senate Transportation Bills (The Hill)
- Highway Trust Fund Reached Lowest Levels in Decades in July (Today in Energy)
- Michigan Gov Signs Gas Tax Hike, General Fund Transfer for Roads/Transit (Planetizen)
- Boston Millennials Care More About Transit Than Parking (Boston Magazine)
- Rochester Trying to Kickstart Its First Parklet
- Study: People in Sun Belt Cities More Likely to Use Bike-Share for Recreation (Rice.edu)
- Grist: How to Sell the Gas Tax to People Who Hate Taxes and Love Driving
Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.
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