Today’s Headlines
First $390M Released in Sandy Aid for Transpo Systems (WSJ) …But Sequester Means Less Money for Transit Recovery (Transpo Nation) NH House Votes for Gas Tax Increase (AP, Patch), as Texas Weighs Sales Tax for Transpo (Tribune) From the Bike Summit: “Bikes Mean Business” (Bike Portland) Berkeley Study: Why People Give Up on Public Transit (Forbes) Streetcar … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:10 AM EST on March 7, 2013
- First $390M Released in Sandy Aid for Transpo Systems (WSJ)
- …But Sequester Means Less Money for Transit Recovery (Transpo Nation)
- NH House Votes for Gas Tax Increase (AP, Patch), as Texas Weighs Sales Tax for Transpo (Tribune)
- From the Bike Summit: “Bikes Mean Business” (Bike Portland)
- Berkeley Study: Why People Give Up on Public Transit (Forbes)
- Streetcar Tracks Laid in Atlanta (AJC)
- Planetizen Pokes Holes in the Urban Mobility Report
- The U.S. Model for Fare-Free Transit: Chapel Hill, NC (Atlantic Cities)
- Oregon Considers Registration Fee for Bikes (KVAL)
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