Today’s Headlines
Texas Dominates Census List of Fastest-Growing Cities in America (Biz Insider) How Will DC Metro Service Cuts Affect Low-Income Riders? (WaPo, CityLab) Five Companies That Are Crushing Bike to Work Day (Bicycling) Most Americans Actually Don’t Use Ride-Hailing (WSJ) Sacramento Streetcar Line Gets TOD Boost From Feds (Sac Biz Journal) Portland Voters OK Four-Year Gas Tax (Oregonian) Seattle and Portland … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:54 AM EDT on May 20, 2016
- Texas Dominates Census List of Fastest-Growing Cities in America (Biz Insider)
- How Will DC Metro Service Cuts Affect Low-Income Riders? (WaPo, CityLab)
- Five Companies That Are Crushing Bike to Work Day (Bicycling)
- Most Americans Actually Don’t Use Ride-Hailing (WSJ)
- Sacramento Streetcar Line Gets TOD Boost From Feds (Sac Biz Journal)
- Portland Voters OK Four-Year Gas Tax (Oregonian)
- Seattle and Portland Show What Growth Looks Like Sans Sprawl (Vox)
- Atlanta City Council to Nail Down Transpo Projects for Ballot (Atlanta Biz Journal)
- Another Lawsuit Filed Over Minneapolis Light Rail Plans (F&C)
- Baltimore Hopes to Break Bike to Work Day Records (Baltimore Mag)
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