Today’s Headlines
Amtrak Asks for 16% Funding Bump From Congress (Railway Age, The Hill) Will the Tennessee House Kill Nashville BRT? (Tennessean) Baton Rouge to New Orleans: 1.5 Hours, 10 Bucks (Times-Picayune) Netherlands’ “Cycle Path Society” Marks 100-Year Anniversary (Treehugger) Report: Development Choices Will Make the Difference for Downtown San Jose (Mercury News) NJ Spotlight Profiles the Man … Continued
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Katie Pearce
8:56 AM EDT on March 19, 2014
- Amtrak Asks for 16% Funding Bump From Congress (Railway Age, The Hill)
- Will the Tennessee House Kill Nashville BRT? (Tennessean)
- Baton Rouge to New Orleans: 1.5 Hours, 10 Bucks (Times-Picayune)
- Netherlands’ “Cycle Path Society” Marks 100-Year Anniversary (Treehugger)
- Report: Development Choices Will Make the Difference for Downtown San Jose (Mercury News)
- NJ Spotlight Profiles the Man Who Formed NJ Transit, and the Project He’s Still Bitter About
- International Urban Scholars Converge in San Antonio (SA Current)
- Honolulu Wants to Study Merging Rail, Bus Into One Agency (KITV)
- In Mexico City, “Bicitekas” Take Night Rides to Raise Cycling Profile (PRI)
- Plan Calls for More Walkable Athens, GA (Flagpole)
- How Will BRT Work for Rockville Pike? (GGW)
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