Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Building America’s Future Will Be Live-Tweeting Today’s Forum in Jacksonville LA’s Crenshaw Boulevard Light Rail Line Gets Final Approval (KTVN) Charles Marohn Dives Deeper Into “Old and Blighted” vs. “Shiny and New” Development New York Ferries: First Smartphone Payment System for Transit? (Human Transit) CA High-Speed Rail Fans, Foes Seek Federal Feasibility Study (SFChronicle) When Should HSR Serve New … Continued

By Ben Goldman

9:00 AM EST on January 5, 2012

Building America’s Future Will Be Live-Tweeting Today’s Forum in Jacksonville
LA’s Crenshaw Boulevard Light Rail Line Gets Final Approval (KTVN)
Charles Marohn Dives Deeper Into “Old and Blighted” vs. “Shiny and New” Development
New York Ferries: First Smartphone Payment System for Transit? (Human Transit)
CA High-Speed Rail Fans, Foes Seek Federal Feasibility Study (SFChronicle)
When Should HSR Serve New Urban Stations? (Pedestrian Observations)
NJ’s Portal Bridge Was Stuck for Hours Last Night, Fouling Traffic on NEC (WSJ)
Bill McKibben: Bus Drivers, Subway Workers Are “Real Environmentalists” (NY Daily News)
Iowa Legislators Advance Gas Tax Increase Despite Gov’s Opposition (Des Moines Register)
The Problem with Selling Corporate Naming Rights to Transit Stations (Atlantic Cities)

Ben Goldman

Today's Headlines

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