Today’s Headlines
As He Plans for “Year of Action,” Obama Heads to St. Paul to Talk Transpo (AP, Jamestown Sun) California Bullet Train Gets Funding Extension (AP) C40 Mayors Look at Challenges for Sustainable Cities (Green Biz) $1.9B Federal Loan Moves Forward for Dulles Rail Project (Patch, WaPo) Now Half Complete, L.A.’s Gold Line Extension Expected to Spur Development … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EST on February 24, 2014
- As He Plans for “Year of Action,” Obama Heads to St. Paul to Talk Transpo (AP, Jamestown Sun)
- California Bullet Train Gets Funding Extension (AP)
- C40 Mayors Look at Challenges for Sustainable Cities (Green Biz)
- $1.9B Federal Loan Moves Forward for Dulles Rail Project (Patch, WaPo)
- Now Half Complete, L.A.’s Gold Line Extension Expected to Spur Development (KPCC)
- In Phoenix, Nonprofit Helps With Construction Along Light Rail (AZ Central)
- Chevy Chase, MD Lawyers Up for Purple Line Fight (WaPo)
- … While Holocaust Ties May Block One Firm from the Project (NPR)
- Pittsburgh Looks to Spread Transit-Oriented Development (WESA)
- Two-Mile Dallas Streetcar Line Part of Broader Vision (Dallas Morning News)
- Do Electric Scooters Belong in Bike Lanes? Toronto Says Yes (Treehugger)
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