Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines
By Tanya Snyder
- Rep. Blumenauer Introduces Bill to Raise Federal Gas Tax By 15 Cents a Gallon (The Hill)
- NTSB: Crashed Metro-North Train Was Going 82 Around a 30 MPH Curve (AP)
- NY Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Asks for Federal Help on Train Safety (Newsday)
- Michigan Group: Stop Wiping Out Communities to Widen Highways No One Needs (mLive)
- DC Metro Silver Line Delayed to Ensure Safety (The Hill)
- How Will People Get to Tysons Metros, Without Parking or Walkable Access? (Bacon's Rebellion)
- Why Can't Even Liberal, Transit-Rich Places Get It Together to Fund Transit? (Salon)
- Putting to Rest Freight Rail's Bragging Rights About Being Entirely Self-Funded (McClatchy)
- Low-Cost Transit Upgrade: Add Route Information to Bus Stops (Star Tribune)
- This Map Shows Household Vehicle Ownership By County and, Wow, Virginia (GGW)
- Amazon's Drone Delivery Scheme: A Last-Mile Solution (New Republic)
- Why Don't Mayors Become Presidents? (Atlantic Cities)
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