Today’s Headlines
Senate Dems Make Transpo/Housing Bill a Centerpiece of Their Budget Fight (Politico) Amtrak Just Had Its Best June Ever, Second-Best Month Ever (WNYC) Systemic Failure Challenges Mica‘s “Soviet-Style” Analogy for Amtrak Maryland Asks for More Federal Rail Funding (Frederick News-Post) Infograph: Gas Prices Have Tripled, Yet Tax Remains Flat (via Transport Gooru) Have Parking Space Requirements Met Their … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:06 AM EDT on July 10, 2013
- Senate Dems Make Transpo/Housing Bill a Centerpiece of Their Budget Fight (Politico)
- Amtrak Just Had Its Best June Ever, Second-Best Month Ever (WNYC)
- Systemic Failure Challenges Mica‘s “Soviet-Style” Analogy for Amtrak
- Maryland Asks for More Federal Rail Funding (Frederick News-Post)
- Infograph: Gas Prices Have Tripled, Yet Tax Remains Flat (via Transport Gooru)
- Have Parking Space Requirements Met Their Expiration Date? (WSJ)
- What Portland Learned from the (Now Dead) CRC Project (Bike Portland)
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