Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines
By Katie Pearce
- Obama to Pitch $300B Infrastructure Plan, Including Tax Overhaul (The Hill, Reuters)
- Study: Riding Transit Improves Racial, Ethnic Acceptance (Boston Globe)
- Foxx Affirms Feds' Commitment to California High-Speed Rail (KPCC)
- D.C. Plans for 19 Miles of Bike Lanes This Year (Washingtonian)
- Atlantic Cities: America's Love of Houses/Car "Enduring and Weird"
- Feds Approve North Carolina Light Rail Project (Herald Sun)
- Streetcar Plans Divisive in San Antonio (My SA)
- Trends Support Shift to Downtowns, Walkability (NRDC Switchboard)
- Austin Mayor's New Tagline: "Rail or Fail" (Austin Biz Journal)
- Nashville's Development Future Hinges on Transit (Nashville Biz Journal)
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