Today’s Headlines
New Safety Regs Could Allow Lighter, Faster Amtrak Trains (Bloomberg) Co.Exist Gathers Top Transportation Stories of 2012 So Does Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space (for D.C. and Beyond) Silicon Valley Marks 25 Years of Light Rail, But It’s Not Exactly a Celebration (Mercury-Register) KCET: Big Pedestrian Risks in L.A. Should Be Call for Action … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:06 AM EST on January 2, 2013
- New Safety Regs Could Allow Lighter, Faster Amtrak Trains (Bloomberg)
- Co.Exist Gathers Top Transportation Stories of 2012
- So Does Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space (for D.C. and Beyond)
- Silicon Valley Marks 25 Years of Light Rail, But It’s Not Exactly a Celebration (Mercury-Register)
- KCET: Big Pedestrian Risks in L.A. Should Be Call for Action
- Memphis Takes the Bike-Friendly Route (NYT)
- The Urban vs. Rural Tension Behind Iowa’s Gas Tax Fight (Radio Iowa)
- Hybrid Transit Plan Moves Forward for Twin Cities (StarTribune)
- What Ever Happened to D.C.’s FIRST Bike-Share System? (WashCycle)
- Which Transit Systems Offered Free Rides for New Year’s? (Atlantic Cities)
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