Today’s Headlines
On the Ballot 2016: Transpo Measures Across the Nation (TransportPolitic) NJ Transit Faces Lawmakers to Talk Safety Today (AP) DC Metro Board, Staff Divided on Killing Late-Night Service (WaPo) One Seattle Suburb Could Determine Light Rail Fate (Seattle Times) Could a Gondola Across the Potomac River Work? (GGW) Silicon Valley’s Car Commutes Even Worse Than LA’s (Mercury News) … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on November 4, 2016
- On the Ballot 2016: Transpo Measures Across the Nation (TransportPolitic)
- NJ Transit Faces Lawmakers to Talk Safety Today (AP)
- DC Metro Board, Staff Divided on Killing Late-Night Service (WaPo)
- One Seattle Suburb Could Determine Light Rail Fate (Seattle Times)
- Could a Gondola Across the Potomac River Work? (GGW)
- Silicon Valley’s Car Commutes Even Worse Than LA’s (Mercury News)
- Obama Might Become a DC Metro Rider (Washington Examiner)
- NC’s New Last-Mile App Integrates Rail, Bus, Uber (Charlotte Biz Journal)
- Bike Crashes Decline in Grand Rapids After Safety Campaign (MLive)
- Louisville Gets Moving on Bike-Share (Courier-Journal)
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