Today’s Headlines
Mica: Amtrak Should Get Out of the Commuter Rail Biz (The Hill, Bloomberg) Boxer Pushes for MAP-21 Funding Levels in 2013 (The Hill) AJC Looks at Georgia’s Post-TSPLOST Options Is Maryland County Ready to Join D.C.’s Bike-Share? (Transpo Nation) Chicago Looks to Build Transpo Center Near Union Station (Sun Times) Will Millennials Stay Rooted to … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:56 AM EDT on September 12, 2012
- Mica: Amtrak Should Get Out of the Commuter Rail Biz (The Hill, Bloomberg)
- Boxer Pushes for MAP-21 Funding Levels in 2013 (The Hill)
- AJC Looks at Georgia’s Post-TSPLOST Options
- Is Maryland County Ready to Join D.C.’s Bike-Share? (Transpo Nation)
- Chicago Looks to Build Transpo Center Near Union Station (Sun Times)
- Will Millennials Stay Rooted to Urban Living? (Atlantic Cities)
- Virginia Beach to Fund “Information Campaign” on Light Rail (Pilot)
- Strong Towns: Kansas City Streets Have No Cars, But They’re Still Unsafe
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