Today’s Headlines
- Jerry Brown Signs $8 Billion Bill for CA Bullet Train (Transpo Nation, (Mercury News)
- LaHood Praises Colorado’s Bus Rapid Transit as Rural Model (Post Independent)
- Orlando Sentinel Sees Mixed Signals From Mica on I-4 Toll
- Atlanta Mayor Foresees Victory for Georgia Transpo Tax (The Hill)
- Seriously? Brookings: Driverless Cars Could Be Better Option Than CA High-Speed Rail
- Rails or Trails for Old Adirondack Line? (Seven Days)
- Jersey Public Transpo Spending Down by 49 Percent Since 2004 (Courier Post)
- Map: States with Uniform Bicycle Laws
- In India, Firm Pays Employees to Bike to Work (Times of India)
- The E-Bike Evolves (Earth Techling)
In the Brookings Driverless Cars, the columnist points to alot of changes that would be needed in how highways are designed and managed to “make it happen.” In the current do-nothing, lobbyist-induced approach to transportation funding, I really wonder if there is a means to create better transportation in the US, or if we’ll always be stuck with the current dysfunctional mess.