Today’s Headlines
Derrick Jackson: Boston Needs to Muster the Will to Adopt Congestion Pricing (Globe) U.S. Auto Industry Predicts Return to Pre-Crash Size By 2016 (NYT Mag) After T-SPLOST Defeat, Georgia Gov Focuses on Interchange Project, Rules Out New Rail Funding (AJC) This Fall, Houstonians Can Vote to Actually Spend All Transit Tax Dollars on Transit (Texas … Continued
By
Ben Fried
9:08 AM EDT on August 6, 2012
- Derrick Jackson: Boston Needs to Muster the Will to Adopt Congestion Pricing (Globe)
- U.S. Auto Industry Predicts Return to Pre-Crash Size By 2016 (NYT Mag)
- After T-SPLOST Defeat, Georgia Gov Focuses on Interchange Project, Rules Out New Rail Funding (AJC)
- This Fall, Houstonians Can Vote to Actually Spend All Transit Tax Dollars on Transit (Texas Watchdog)
- When Transit Taxes Don’t Buy Everything That Was Promised — Lessons From Miami (TransportPolitic)
- There’s a Growing Number of Young Couples in Search of Walkability in the Twin Cities (Star Trib)
- With Drivers Feeling More Pain at Pump, GOP Revives Fantasy That Obama Controls Gas Prices (Hill)
- Central Ohio Finds Money to Expand Transit Service Now That New Casinos Are Opening (AP)
Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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