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)
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