Today’s Headlines
DOT Hands Out $65M More for Smart Tech (Tech Crunch) NJ Transit Is a Leader… in Crashes and Safety Violations (AP) Foxx: We Could Be the Last Car-Owning Generation (Popular Science) San Diego vs. LA: Two Drastically Different Transportation Tax Measures (KPBS) Why Isn’t LA’s Bike-Share as Popular as Bike-Share in Other Cities? (LA Times) Philly Hires First … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on October 14, 2016
- DOT Hands Out $65M More for Smart Tech (Tech Crunch)
- NJ Transit Is a Leader… in Crashes and Safety Violations (AP)
- Foxx: We Could Be the Last Car-Owning Generation (Popular Science)
- San Diego vs. LA: Two Drastically Different Transportation Tax Measures (KPBS)
- Why Isn’t LA’s Bike-Share as Popular as Bike-Share in Other Cities? (LA Times)
- Philly Hires First Complete Streets Director (Inquirer)
- For Safer Biking, We Need More Than Technology (Boston Globe)
- Ridership Isn’t Meeting Expectations for Portland’s Orange Line (Oregonian)
- The Rail Trail That’s Transforming Charlotte (GGW)
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