Today’s Headlines
With Shutdown Ridership Decline, D.C. Metro Shifts to Smaller Trains (WaPo, The Hill) Leinberger: It Looks Like Atlanta Sprawl Has Peaked (Atlantic Cities) Delays Persist for Twin Cities Light Rail, But There’s Support for TOD (MPR News, Finance & Commerce) It’s a Go for All Aboard Florida (Orlando Biz Journal, Orlando Sentinel) In Kolkata, India, … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:55 AM EDT on October 3, 2013
- With Shutdown Ridership Decline, D.C. Metro Shifts to Smaller Trains (WaPo, The Hill)
- Leinberger: It Looks Like Atlanta Sprawl Has Peaked (Atlantic Cities)
- Delays Persist for Twin Cities Light Rail, But There’s Support for TOD (MPR News, Finance & Commerce)
- It’s a Go for All Aboard Florida (Orlando Biz Journal, Orlando Sentinel)
- In Kolkata, India, Thousands Protest Bike Ban (AFP)
- Will Smaller California Cities Benefit From High-Speed Rail? (Next City)
- Now You Can Track Your Amtrak Train With Google Maps (Railway Age)
- Public Invited to Testify on Central Indiana Transit Expansion (AP)
- Fort Worth to Dallas in 12 Minutes? (FWBP)
- Bikes-on-Trains Campaigns Make Headway (Bike League)
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