Today’s Headlines
U.S. DOT Ped Safety Push Leads to Stories About “Distracted Walking” and “Drunk Walking” (AP, LAT) Rep. Susan Collins: Senate Missed Its Chance With Transpo Bill (Bangor Daily) Orlando Plans to Go After Those U.S. DOT Pedestrian Grants (Orlando Sentinel) How Maryland Is One-Upping Everybody With Transpo Leadership (NRDC Switchboard) New App Puts Transpo/Construction Workers in Touch with Feds (Better … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:03 AM EDT on August 7, 2013
- U.S. DOT Ped Safety Push Leads to Stories About “Distracted Walking” and “Drunk Walking” (AP, LAT)
- Rep. Susan Collins: Senate Missed Its Chance With Transpo Bill (Bangor Daily)
- Orlando Plans to Go After Those U.S. DOT Pedestrian Grants (Orlando Sentinel)
- How Maryland Is One-Upping Everybody With Transpo Leadership (NRDC Switchboard)
- New App Puts Transpo/Construction Workers in Touch with Feds (Better Roads)
- CityWatch LA: Time to Learn from Our Transportation Mistakes
- Republican Lawmakers Want Audit for California High-Speed Rail (AP)
- An Argument for Transit Investment in Tampa (TBO)
- Sacramento and Chico Go Green With Bike Lanes
- Grist Looks at the Shifting Tides of Copenhagen’s Cycling Supremacy
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