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Amtrak Doesn’t Count on Private Funds for NEC High-Speed Rail (Bloomberg) Bike-Sharing Befriends Car-Sharing, Transit (Chicago Tribune) U.S. Will Take “Stepping Stones” to European, Japanese Rail Models (Philly.com) CT’s Road Diet: A Good First Step (Mobilizing the Region) What Trains Will Look Like in 2040 (Transpo Nation) Lessons from a D.C. Bike Path Fatality (Grist) … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:48 AM EDT on July 13, 2012

Amtrak Doesn’t Count on Private Funds for NEC High-Speed Rail (Bloomberg)
Bike-Sharing Befriends Car-Sharing, Transit (Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Will Take “Stepping Stones” to European, Japanese Rail Models (Philly.com)
CT’s Road Diet: A Good First Step (Mobilizing the Region)
What Trains Will Look Like in 2040 (Transpo Nation)
Lessons from a D.C. Bike Path Fatality (Grist)
Richmond Looks at its Low Ranking in the Brookings Transit Study (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
How’s Car-Sharing Going in Berlin? (Treehugger.com)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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