Today’s Headlines
California Senators Try to Avoid Repeat of San Francisco Transit Strike (The Hill) Also in California, Labor Dispute Holds Back Fed Funds for Transit (LAT) How Will That Purple Line Private Partnership Work Out for D.C.? (GGW) TIGER Grant to Help Build Modern Train Station in Rochester, NY (Progressive Railroading, AP) Kids Aren’t Really Playing in … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on August 9, 2013
- California Senators Try to Avoid Repeat of San Francisco Transit Strike (The Hill)
- Also in California, Labor Dispute Holds Back Fed Funds for Transit (LAT)
- How Will That Purple Line Private Partnership Work Out for D.C.? (GGW)
- TIGER Grant to Help Build Modern Train Station in Rochester, NY (Progressive Railroading, AP)
- Kids Aren’t Really Playing in the Streets Anymore, Are They? (Atlantic Cities)
- Private Dallas-Houston Rail Project Gets Big Name (Star-Telegram, Dallas News)
- What’s the Correlation Between Bike Lanes and Property Values? (Curbed Atlanta)
- Tampa Transit Advocates Want to See Action Plan (Tampa Tribune)
- Seattle Times: City Needs Safer Bike Infrastructure
- “Streetmix” Urban Design App Goes Public (Code for America)
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