Today’s Headlines
Sandy’s Toll: $7 Billion for New York Area, $60M for Amtrak, $400M for NJ Transit, and More… Major Shift From Single-Family Homes to Apartments Underway in U.S. Housing Market (NYT) LaHood Defends Bullet Train in Face of Critics (LAT, The Hill, Bloomberg) House Committee Will Try to Introduce New Surface Transpo Bill in Early 2014 (Governing) Fiscal … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:01 AM EST on December 7, 2012
- Sandy’s Toll: $7 Billion for New York Area, $60M for Amtrak, $400M for NJ Transit, and More…
- Major Shift From Single-Family Homes to Apartments Underway in U.S. Housing Market (NYT)
- LaHood Defends Bullet Train in Face of Critics (LAT, The Hill, Bloomberg)
- House Committee Will Try to Introduce New Surface Transpo Bill in Early 2014 (Governing)
- Fiscal Cliff Could Hurt Amtrak, New Starts, Among Other Transpo (Kansas City Star)
- In San Diego, “Public Transit Is Having a Moment” (Voice of San Diego)
- Which Global Cities Have the Best Infrastructure? (Global Post)
- Light Rail Brings Apartment Boom in Charlotte, NC (Observer)
- “Party Train” from L.A. to Vegas Hopes to Launch Next Year (Forbes)
- Should Santa Cruz’s Highway 9 Be for Cyclists Only? (Cyclelicious)
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