Today’s Headlines
Tennessee Creates Fund for Transit, Biking, Pedestrian Projects (AP) … While Urban Land Institute Assesses Nashville (Tennessean) Report: Transit Use Up, Driving Down in Twin Cities (Star Tribune) Connecticut Economy Suffered During Recent Metro-North Disruption (AP) Boston Globe: Next T Contractor Needs to Increase Ridership Austin Rail Aims to Connect City’s Growth Centers (Community Impact) … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:53 AM EDT on October 25, 2013
- Tennessee Creates Fund for Transit, Biking, Pedestrian Projects (AP)
- … While Urban Land Institute Assesses Nashville (Tennessean)
- Report: Transit Use Up, Driving Down in Twin Cities (Star Tribune)
- Connecticut Economy Suffered During Recent Metro-North Disruption (AP)
- Boston Globe: Next T Contractor Needs to Increase Ridership
- Austin Rail Aims to Connect City’s Growth Centers (Community Impact)
- Chicago Sun Times: Taxing Bikes Wouldn’t Be Smart
- Why Aren’t Teens Driving? One Study Says It’s Because They’re Broke (IIHS)
- With $1.4M from Feds, Western Michigan U. to Research “Livable Communities” (AP, M Live)
- In Portland, Bike Lanes Will be Lit With Solar-Powered LEDs (Bike Portland)
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