Today’s Headlines
T-SPLOST Defeat: Not Necessarily a Bellwether (The Hill, Transportation for America) Chicago Plans 33 Miles of Bike Lanes This Year (HuffPo) “Walk Appeal” Might Be More Useful Than “Walk Score” (Atlantic Cities) Feds Using More Cars… But They’re Fuel Efficient (WaPo) Memphis City Council Puts Gas Tax on Ballot (Daily News) Mercury News: Only “Declinists” … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:55 AM EDT on August 8, 2012
- T-SPLOST Defeat: Not Necessarily a Bellwether (The Hill, Transportation for America)
- Chicago Plans 33 Miles of Bike Lanes This Year (HuffPo)
- “Walk Appeal” Might Be More Useful Than “Walk Score” (Atlantic Cities)
- Feds Using More Cars… But They’re Fuel Efficient (WaPo)
- Memphis City Council Puts Gas Tax on Ballot (Daily News)
- Mercury News: Only “Declinists” Oppose CA Bullet Train
- Lofty Transit Goals Have Come Up Short in Miami (Planetizen)
- Could the $7B Plan for Union Station Be Even Bigger? (GGW)
- Jersey Introduces Bike-Friendly Weekend Trains (Patch)
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