Today’s Headlines
VP Candidates on Different Tracks with Amtrak Subsidies (CNN) Portland Metro Votes Against Devoted Funding for Active Transportation (Bike Portland) Bike League Looks at Growth of Cycling Since 2000 Former Auto Repair Family Adapts to Minneapolis Light Rail (StarTribune) Delayed Silver Spring, MD Transit Center Set to Open Next Fall (WaPo) Illinois Gears Up for … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EDT on October 12, 2012
- VP Candidates on Different Tracks with Amtrak Subsidies (CNN)
- Portland Metro Votes Against Devoted Funding for Active Transportation (Bike Portland)
- Bike League Looks at Growth of Cycling Since 2000
- Former Auto Repair Family Adapts to Minneapolis Light Rail (StarTribune)
- Delayed Silver Spring, MD Transit Center Set to Open Next Fall (WaPo)
- Illinois Gears Up for First High-Speed Rail Trip (Morris Daily Herald)
- Bike Counter Goes Up on Seattle’s Fremont Bridge (Seattle Times)
- VA Beach Pulls Potentially Pro-Light-Rail Video (WAVY.com)
- Toronto Debates “E-Bike Equality” (The Star)
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