Today’s Headlines
Feds Team With Texas on High-Speed Route From Dallas to Houston (D Magazine, KENS5) And Plans Advance on DC-to-Charlotte High-Speed Rail (AP) While in Texas, Foxx Takes a Look at San Antonio Streetcar Plan (My SA) LaHood Lands at Building America’s Future (Politico) Planners Try to Sell Twin Cities Light Rail, But Bike Advocates Already … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EST on January 8, 2014
- Feds Team With Texas on High-Speed Route From Dallas to Houston (D Magazine, KENS5)
- And Plans Advance on DC-to-Charlotte High-Speed Rail (AP)
- While in Texas, Foxx Takes a Look at San Antonio Streetcar Plan (My SA)
- LaHood Lands at Building America’s Future (Politico)
- Planners Try to Sell Twin Cities Light Rail, But Bike Advocates Already on Board (StarTribune)
- In Connecticut, Blumenthal Pushes for Commuter Tax Benefit (Greenwich Time)
- For Sustainable Urbanism, Reconsider Parking (Seattle Transit Blog)
- Grand Rapids Goes for Green Lanes Grant (M Live)
- How Is Oregon Media Framing Portland’s New Bike-Share? (Bike Portland)
- Central Brussels Could Go Car-Free (Atlantic Cities)
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