Today’s Headlines
DC’s Metro Funding Snagged in Shutdown (WaPo) Study Redefines Parameters of “Downtown” (Next City) Prince George’s County Could Take Smart Growth Lessons From Atlanta (GGW) Philly’s SEPTA Shows Home Values Increased by Transit (Philly Burbs) What Are the Main Reasons People Give Up Their Cars? (Forbes) After Colorado Floods, Amtrak Hopes to Resume Service Soon … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:09 AM EDT on October 10, 2013
- DC’s Metro Funding Snagged in Shutdown (WaPo)
- Study Redefines Parameters of “Downtown” (Next City)
- Prince George’s County Could Take Smart Growth Lessons From Atlanta (GGW)
- Philly’s SEPTA Shows Home Values Increased by Transit (Philly Burbs)
- What Are the Main Reasons People Give Up Their Cars? (Forbes)
- After Colorado Floods, Amtrak Hopes to Resume Service Soon (ABC7)
- “Transform Kansas City” Group Touts Benefits of Public Transit (This Big City)
- A Walkable Neighborhood Isn’t Always a Healthy One (Streets MN)
- A Vision for Reducing Sprawl in Northeast Ohio (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
- Dutch Cycling Wisdom Helps Out Kazakhstan (Global Site Plans)
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