Today’s Headlines
Atlanta Transit Chief Moves to Boston to Head the T (Boston.com) To Fund Transpo Projects, Wisconsin Looks at Mileage-Based Driving Fee (Journal Sentinel) Ohio Senator Touts Work on Bus Safety (The Hill) San Clemente Works on Landmark Bike/Ped Plan (OC Register) DIY “Crosswalk Vigilante” Strikes Pittsburgh Neighborhood (Post-Gazette) Uptown Houston Goes for $85.5M Transit Project … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EDT on September 26, 2012
- Atlanta Transit Chief Moves to Boston to Head the T (Boston.com)
- To Fund Transpo Projects, Wisconsin Looks at Mileage-Based Driving Fee (Journal Sentinel)
- Ohio Senator Touts Work on Bus Safety (The Hill)
- San Clemente Works on Landmark Bike/Ped Plan (OC Register)
- DIY “Crosswalk Vigilante” Strikes Pittsburgh Neighborhood (Post-Gazette)
- Uptown Houston Goes for $85.5M Transit Project (Chronicle)
- Baltimore Sun: New Train Station Is Nice, But It Won’t Solve Commuters’ Problems
- Cyclelicious Looks at Bike Commuting Across Country, and in California
- New “Designed to Move” Report Highlights Transpo Policy, Portland (Bike Portland)
- Former D.C. Mayor Defends More Walkable City (GGW)
- Michigan County Won’t Be Seeing Public Transit Soon (MLive)
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