Today’s Headlines
Offshore Tax Reform Complicates Transpo Funding Deal (The Hill) Portland Debuts New Light Rail Line and New Car-Free Bridge (Portland Trib, CityLab) Acting Rail Chief Feinberg Gets Confirmation Hearing This Week (The Hill) Apple Shuts Down HopStop Transit App (Fortune) Light Rail’s on the Rise in the Sun Belt (Houston Chron) Ray LaHood’s Son Heads to Congress (Chicago … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on September 14, 2015
- Offshore Tax Reform Complicates Transpo Funding Deal (The Hill)
- Portland Debuts New Light Rail Line and New Car-Free Bridge (Portland Trib, CityLab)
- Acting Rail Chief Feinberg Gets Confirmation Hearing This Week (The Hill)
- Apple Shuts Down HopStop Transit App (Fortune)
- Light Rail’s on the Rise in the Sun Belt (Houston Chron)
- Ray LaHood’s Son Heads to Congress (Chicago Trib)
- Alabama House Might Pass Gas Tax Hike Before Congress (AP)
- Utah Rep Rides the Rails to Stump for Long-Term Tranpo Funding (Denver Post)
- Cincinnati Bike-Share Celebrates First Anniversary (Cincinnati Enquirer)
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