Today’s Headlines
Anthony Foxx Confirmation Process Advances to Full Senate (McClatchy, Bloomberg) Congress Pushes to Make Commuter Tax Benefits Permanent (WaPo) Shuster Gets Frank on Amtrak Vision (E&E Daily) New Spending Formula in NC Could Doom Trains, Sidewalks, Bikes, and Transit (News Observer) Pierce County, WA, Makes Major Bus Cuts (King5) AJC Airs Two Sides of Georgia Passenger … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:09 AM EDT on June 11, 2013
- Anthony Foxx Confirmation Process Advances to Full Senate (McClatchy, Bloomberg)
- Congress Pushes to Make Commuter Tax Benefits Permanent (WaPo)
- Shuster Gets Frank on Amtrak Vision (E&E Daily)
- New Spending Formula in NC Could Doom Trains, Sidewalks, Bikes, and Transit (News Observer)
- Pierce County, WA, Makes Major Bus Cuts (King5)
- AJC Airs Two Sides of Georgia Passenger Rail Debate
- In Seattle, Partisan Differences on How to Fund Transit (Seattle Times)
- Chicago Public-Private Rail Program Touts Successes But Faces Challenges (Trib)
- Has Light Rail Been “Blight or Bliss” for Portland, OR? (Columbian)
- According to HuffPo, Bike Backlash Is Quieting Down
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