Today’s Headlines
Senate Committee to Grill Anthony Foxx Next Week (Charlotte Observer, The Hill) Will Foxx Carry On LaHood’s Anti-Distracted Driving Mantle? (Michigan Radio) Private Companies Could Help Fund, Maintain DC’s Purple Line (WaPo) A Century After Pedestrians Lost the Streets, They’re Taking Them Back (The Smart Set) Nostalgic for “Highway Revolts”? One’s Happening Near Salt Lake … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:08 AM EDT on May 16, 2013
- Senate Committee to Grill Anthony Foxx Next Week (Charlotte Observer, The Hill)
- Will Foxx Carry On LaHood’s Anti-Distracted Driving Mantle? (Michigan Radio)
- Private Companies Could Help Fund, Maintain DC’s Purple Line (WaPo)
- A Century After Pedestrians Lost the Streets, They’re Taking Them Back (The Smart Set)
- Nostalgic for “Highway Revolts”? One’s Happening Near Salt Lake City (Next City)
- Governing Looks at the Growth of Bike Lanes and the Obstacles to Implementation
- Infographic from GOOD: Prereqs for a Bikeable City
- Personal Rapid Transit Hucksters Pitching Greenville, SC (Greenville Online)
- D.C.’s Bike to Work Day Breaks Sign-Up Records (WashCycle)
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