Today’s Headlines
Slate: Blumenauer’s Gas Tax Idea Has No Chance, But It’s a Great Idea … APTA Supports It (Progressive Railroading) New Nonprofit, Move Oregon, Focuses on Car-Free Travel (Bike Portland) How Does D.C.’s Planned Metro Loop Stack Up to Other Cities? (GGW) Sustainable Transport = Safer Traffic = Saved Lives (City Fix) How Downtown Worcester, MA, … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:51 AM EST on December 11, 2013
- Slate: Blumenauer’s Gas Tax Idea Has No Chance, But It’s a Great Idea
- … APTA Supports It (Progressive Railroading)
- New Nonprofit, Move Oregon, Focuses on Car-Free Travel (Bike Portland)
- How Does D.C.’s Planned Metro Loop Stack Up to Other Cities? (GGW)
- Sustainable Transport = Safer Traffic = Saved Lives (City Fix)
- How Downtown Worcester, MA, is Making a Comeback (Boston Globe)
- What Happens If It Snows for the “Mass Transit Super Bowl”? (Bloomberg)
- Four Ways BRT Helps Cities (City Fix)
- Southwest Florida Rail Plans Face Long Road Ahead (Florida Weekly)
- Frigid Weather Doesn’t Stop Cyclists in Iowa City (Gazette)
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