Today’s Headlines
Arizona Valley Partnership Works to Catalyze Development Along Light Rail (Smart Growth America) Post-DOT, LaHood Settles Into Two New Gigs in Home State (National Journal) Apple Doubles Down on Public Transit With Embark Buy (CNET) Report: By 2020, Car-Sharing Will Have 12 Million Members Worldwide (Smart Planet) Oklahoma City Plans for Streetcar (NewsOK) Parking Wonk … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:08 AM EDT on August 23, 2013
- Arizona Valley Partnership Works to Catalyze Development Along Light Rail (Smart Growth America)
- Post-DOT, LaHood Settles Into Two New Gigs in Home State (National Journal)
- Apple Doubles Down on Public Transit With Embark Buy (CNET)
- Report: By 2020, Car-Sharing Will Have 12 Million Members Worldwide (Smart Planet)
- Oklahoma City Plans for Streetcar (NewsOK)
- Parking Wonk Charts America’s Inconsistent Requirements (Atlantic Cities)
- The Second Act for Rails-to-Trails Projects: Suburbs and Cities (HuffPo)
- Video: What BRT Could Mean for Montgomery County, MD (GGW)
- U of Minnesota Study Finds Pent-Up Demand for Transit in Twin Cities (Metro Mag)
- … While Developers and Planners Dream Big on Downtown Minneapolis (Finance & Commerce)
- Selling City Parking Lots: Good Plan for Philly? (Next City)
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