Today’s Headlines
Budget Deal Could Threaten MAP-21 (Transpo Issues Daily) Shutdown Drowns Out Push for Gas Tax Raise (The Hill) Will Canada’s Bike-Share Problems Affect the U.S.? (Atlantic Cities) Amtrak Pledges to Stop Concessions Losses in Five Years (The Hill) There Are Now 300 BRT Corridors Around the World (Sustainable Cities) So If Sprawl is Peaking in … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:03 AM EDT on October 7, 2013
- Budget Deal Could Threaten MAP-21 (Transpo Issues Daily)
- Shutdown Drowns Out Push for Gas Tax Raise (The Hill)
- Will Canada’s Bike-Share Problems Affect the U.S.? (Atlantic Cities)
- Amtrak Pledges to Stop Concessions Losses in Five Years (The Hill)
- There Are Now 300 BRT Corridors Around the World (Sustainable Cities)
- So If Sprawl is Peaking in Atlanta, What About Houston? (Chron)
- Amtrak, Michigan to Invest Millions in Passenger Lines (AP)
- Why Is Pittsburgh Planning to Eliminate Downtown Bus Stops? (Systemic Failure)
- APTA Honors Public Transpo Leaders and Marketing Efforts
- North Texas Strikes Out with TIGER Grants (Dallas News)
- Bostonians Debate Whether Housing Can Go Car-Free (Walking Bostonian)
- Buffalo, NY, Sees Road Diets (Buffalo News)
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