Today’s Headlines
The Purple Line Is Really Happening for Maryland’s DC Suburbs (WaPo, Baltimore Sun) Human Transit’s Jarrett Walker on Why Cars and Cities Don’t Match (WaPo) How Federal Rules Hold Back Mixed-Use Development (Crossroads) Small Towns Aren’t Immune to Big City Conflicts (Next City) New Bill Threatens Bike/Ped Funding in Tennessee (WTVC) DC, Maryland, Virginia Agree on … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:55 AM EST on March 3, 2016
- The Purple Line Is Really Happening for Maryland’s DC Suburbs (WaPo, Baltimore Sun)
- Human Transit’s Jarrett Walker on Why Cars and Cities Don’t Match (WaPo)
- How Federal Rules Hold Back Mixed-Use Development (Crossroads)
- Small Towns Aren’t Immune to Big City Conflicts (Next City)
- New Bill Threatens Bike/Ped Funding in Tennessee (WTVC)
- DC, Maryland, Virginia Agree on Metro Safety Deal (WaPo)
- Milwaukee Accelerates BRT Planning to Snag Funding (Milwaukee Biz Journal)
- Boise Reveals Plans for Downtown Streetcar Circulator (Boise Weekly)
- Vegas Takes Admiring Look at Denver’s Transit System (Denver Biz Journal)
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