Today’s Headlines
Rail Industry Will Spend About $20B on Safety Tech to Meet Congressional Mandate (Information Week) Funding Breakdowns of MAP-21 (BikeLeague) Adams Calls Mica’s Amtrak Gripes “An Election-Year Stunt” (The Hill) VA Senate Rivals Agree on State Control for Dulles Rail (Examiner) Portland Debuts America’s First “Bike Counter” on Bridge (Bike Portland) Will the Next Big Bike Boom Happen in Latin … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:07 AM EDT on August 9, 2012
- Rail Industry Will Spend About $20B on Safety Tech to Meet Congressional Mandate (Information Week)
- Funding Breakdowns of MAP-21 (BikeLeague)
- Adams Calls Mica’s Amtrak Gripes “An Election-Year Stunt” (The Hill)
- VA Senate Rivals Agree on State Control for Dulles Rail (Examiner)
- Portland Debuts America’s First “Bike Counter” on Bridge (Bike Portland)
- Will the Next Big Bike Boom Happen in Latin America? (WSJ)
- George Will Goes Off on the “Golden State Train Wreck” in WaPo
- Chicago Slows Down Bike-Share Plans (Chicago Trib)
- Gen Y Chooses Smart Phones Over Cars (Atlantic Cities)
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