Today’s Headlines
NTSB Chair (And Once Major DOT Contender) to Switch to Safety Council (WSJ, The Hill) Tennessee Governor: Blocking Nashville BRT By Legislation Not a Good Approach (AP) Why Aren’t Transit Figures in Portland, Dallas, or Wisconsin Following the Upward Trend? Utah Doubled Its Commuter Rail Ridership (Daily Herald) Shuster Faces Two GOP Challengers for May Primary (Patriot News) Will Holocaust Reparations … Continued
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Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EDT on March 12, 2014
- NTSB Chair (And Once Major DOT Contender) to Switch to Safety Council (WSJ, The Hill)
- Tennessee Governor: Blocking Nashville BRT By Legislation Not a Good Approach (AP)
- Why Aren’t Transit Figures in Portland, Dallas, or Wisconsin Following the Upward Trend?
- Utah Doubled Its Commuter Rail Ridership (Daily Herald)
- Shuster Faces Two GOP Challengers for May Primary (Patriot News)
- Will Holocaust Reparations Bill Threaten Funds for Maryland’s Purple Line? (WaPo)
- Boston Globe: City’s Made Big Strides “Putting Cars in Their Place”
- In San Antonio, Streetcar Opponents Go for City Charter Change (WOAI, My SA)
- The Week: Transit Investments Would Most Help the Middle Class
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