Today’s Headlines
More Delays for Groundbreaking of California High-Speed Rail (Mercury News) For First Time Ever, National Gas Prices Top $3 For 1,000 Days (The Hill) Advocates Share Strategies for Fighting “Bike Backlash” (Bike Portland) Study: More TOD Bang-for-the-Buck With BRT Than Light Rail, Streetcars (Forbes) Fund to Build “Sustainable, Transit-Friendly” Avenue for Detroit (MLive) Will Honolulu Rail Save … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on September 18, 2013
- More Delays for Groundbreaking of California High-Speed Rail (Mercury News)
- For First Time Ever, National Gas Prices Top $3 For 1,000 Days (The Hill)
- Advocates Share Strategies for Fighting “Bike Backlash” (Bike Portland)
- Study: More TOD Bang-for-the-Buck With BRT Than Light Rail, Streetcars (Forbes)
- Fund to Build “Sustainable, Transit-Friendly” Avenue for Detroit (MLive)
- Will Honolulu Rail Save Paradise, or Ruin It? (EENews)
- Rebuilding Place: You Can’t Have the Perks of Density Without the Density Itself
- Will Fifth Time Be the Charm for Three-Foot Rule for Bikes in CA? (LA Times)
- Binghamton, NY, Considers Privatizing Transit (WBNG)
- Cartoonist, Cycling Advocate Andy Singer Explores “Why We Drive” (AP)
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