Today’s Headlines
Chicago Tribune: Hey, Congress, Don’t Favor Cars Over Transit With Double the Budget, Philly’s SEPTA Has Grand Plans (Inquirer) Cincinnati’s Streetcar Victory Took a Decade to Achieve (Urban Cincy) Shuster Pledges to Work With Startups on Transpo Tech (1776) Charlotte Station WSCO Looks at Foxx’s Rise From Mayor to U.S. Transpo Chief Report: Milwaukee Needs Better Transit … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:53 AM EST on December 20, 2013
- Chicago Tribune: Hey, Congress, Don’t Favor Cars Over Transit
- With Double the Budget, Philly’s SEPTA Has Grand Plans (Inquirer)
- Cincinnati’s Streetcar Victory Took a Decade to Achieve (Urban Cincy)
- Shuster Pledges to Work With Startups on Transpo Tech (1776)
- Charlotte Station WSCO Looks at Foxx’s Rise From Mayor to U.S. Transpo Chief
- Report: Milwaukee Needs Better Transit to Connect Workers to Jobs (Biz Journal, Urban Milwaukee)
- Can L.A. Catch Up With the Biking Boom? (HuffPo)
- Florida’s Sun Rail to Start Running in 2014 (WMFE)
- Which World Cities Are the “Sprawliest”? (Urban Times)
- Advocates Say Texas’s Most Bike-Friendly City Still Needs Work (Dallas News)
- Columbiana, Alabama — A Transit Pioneer in Its County (AL.com)
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