Today’s Headlines
Why Cleveland Won’t Get Much Back From the RNC (Slate) GOP Delegates Split on Climate Change (Scientific American) Congress Has a Month to Sign Off on Funding for Maryland’s Purple Line (WaPo) Minneapolis Light Rail Clears Milestone But Still Lacks Funds (StarTrib) Feds Greenlight BRT for Stretch of Historic Route 66 (AP) Can Nashville Be … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on July 22, 2016
- Why Cleveland Won’t Get Much Back From the RNC (Slate)
- GOP Delegates Split on Climate Change (Scientific American)
- Congress Has a Month to Sign Off on Funding for Maryland’s Purple Line (WaPo)
- Minneapolis Light Rail Clears Milestone But Still Lacks Funds (StarTrib)
- Feds Greenlight BRT for Stretch of Historic Route 66 (AP)
- Can Nashville Be the Transit Model for Sun Belt Cities? (Gov Tech)
- Feds Clear Way for New England Rail Investments (Railway Tech)
- Vote Stalls on Detroit Area’s 20-Year Transit Plan (Detroit Free Press)
- Chicago Trib: More Trains Would Be a Lifeline for South Side’s Transit Desert
- A Houston Commuter Line Could Come Back to Life (Houston Chron)
- New Orleans Starts Bike-Share Talks with New York’s Social Bicycles (Advocate)
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