Today’s Headlines
Funding Can’t Meet Demand for “New Starts” Transit Projects (Transpo Issues Daily) Phoenix OKs Light Rail Extension (Arizona Republic) Advocates Envision Better Rail for Virginia (Pilot) Can California Take on High-Speed Rail Without Feds? (Atlantic Cities) Porcari Leaves No. 2 U.S. Transpo Post for Private Sector (Baltimore Sun, WaPo) NJ Transit Breaks Record With Thanksgiving Holiday Trips … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EST on December 12, 2013
- Funding Can’t Meet Demand for “New Starts” Transit Projects (Transpo Issues Daily)
- Phoenix OKs Light Rail Extension (Arizona Republic)
- Advocates Envision Better Rail for Virginia (Pilot)
- Can California Take on High-Speed Rail Without Feds? (Atlantic Cities)
- Porcari Leaves No. 2 U.S. Transpo Post for Private Sector (Baltimore Sun, WaPo)
- NJ Transit Breaks Record With Thanksgiving Holiday Trips (NJ.com)
- Do Steeper Fares for Late-Night Transit Turn Off Riders? (GGW)
- Young Philadelphians Reject Car Culture (Newsworks)
- Strong Towns Blog Makes the Case for “Good Enough Urbanism”
- What’s Going Wrong With London’s Bike Share? (Atlantic Cities)
- North County, CA, Officials Tout Health Benefits of Transit (KPBS)
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