Today’s Headlines
Shuster Asks for Mayors’ Help in “Educating” Congress on Transpo Funding (The Hill) LA Times Notes “Revolving Door Effect” in NHTSA DC Streetcar System Expected to Bring $18B in Development (WaPo) Vermont (Like Other States) Worries About Transpo Projects (Rutland Herald) … And Smart Growth America Offers Ideas for Innovative Local Solutions (Bacon’s Rebellion) Houston … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EST on January 27, 2014
- Shuster Asks for Mayors’ Help in “Educating” Congress on Transpo Funding (The Hill)
- LA Times Notes “Revolving Door Effect” in NHTSA
- DC Streetcar System Expected to Bring $18B in Development (WaPo)
- Vermont (Like Other States) Worries About Transpo Projects (Rutland Herald)
- … And Smart Growth America Offers Ideas for Innovative Local Solutions (Bacon’s Rebellion)
- Houston Cycling Advocates Sound Off After Recent Deaths (Houston Chron)
- Feds Give NYC Transit First Phase of $880M for Sandy Repair (AP)
- Detroit Seeks Light Rail Contractors (AP)
- Tampa Looks to Bus System to Spark Economy (Tampa Trib)
- Both City Dwellers and Suburbanites Prefer Walkability (Tennessean)
- Palm Beach, FL, Sees Wave of Bike and Ped Projects (Sun-Sentinel)
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