Today’s Headlines
Three National Bike Orgs Opt Against Merger (Bikes Belong) LaHood to Announce $470M for State Road, Bridge Repairs (WaPo) Oahu Rail Could Affect Senate Race (AP) Turning Dallas’s 55+ DART Stations Into Cultural Plazas (GOOD) L.A. Times: Acela Defies Bullet Train Skeptics Colorado Investigates High-Speed Transit Tech (AP) Next American City: Philly Can’t Ignore Its … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:49 AM EDT on August 17, 2012
- Three National Bike Orgs Opt Against Merger (Bikes Belong)
- LaHood to Announce $470M for State Road, Bridge Repairs (WaPo)
- Oahu Rail Could Affect Senate Race (AP)
- Turning Dallas’s 55+ DART Stations Into Cultural Plazas (GOOD)
- L.A. Times: Acela Defies Bullet Train Skeptics
- Colorado Investigates High-Speed Transit Tech (AP)
- Next American City: Philly Can’t Ignore Its Cyclists
- San Jose Expands Bike Lanes (Mercury News)
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