Today’s Headlines
New Pope is Known for Riding the Bus (Atlantic Cities), So Will He Ditch the Popemobile? (TransNat) Will the Virginia Gas Tax Play a Role in the 2016 Presidential Race? (A Better Iowa) NJ Transit Gets Another $17M for Sandy (Star-Ledger), and Seeks $1.2B from Feds (TransNat) Transit Planners Dream Big for Twin Cities (MPR) Honolulu … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:14 AM EDT on March 14, 2013
- New Pope is Known for Riding the Bus (Atlantic Cities), So Will He Ditch the Popemobile? (TransNat)
- Will the Virginia Gas Tax Play a Role in the 2016 Presidential Race? (A Better Iowa)
- NJ Transit Gets Another $17M for Sandy (Star-Ledger), and Seeks $1.2B from Feds (TransNat)
- Transit Planners Dream Big for Twin Cities (MPR)
- Honolulu Rail May Not Show “Aloha Spirit” to Tourists (Pacific Biz News)
- Gas Tax Measure Moves Forward in Vermont (Burlington Free Press)
- Cyclelicious Shares Worldwide Map of Bike-Share Systems
- A Mixed-Use Plan for Baltimore’s Penn Station (Baltimore Sun)
- Plan Goes Off Tracks for Kansas City, Mo. Commuter Rail (Kansas City Star)
- Connecticut Wants Improvements, But Needs Funds (Regional Plan Association)
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