Today’s Headlines
Feds Sign Off on Maryland’s Purple Line (GGW) WaPo Column Warns Against Misguided Optimism on Rising Transit Ridership Numbers Walkability Trending in Texas (Texas Trib) NJ Mayors Join in Push for Light Rail Extension (RT&S) Central Tennessee to See Its First TOD (Nashville Post) Denver Breaks Ground on North Metro Commuter Rail (Denver Biz Journal) Cincinnati … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:49 AM EDT on March 21, 2014
- Feds Sign Off on Maryland’s Purple Line (GGW)
- WaPo Column Warns Against Misguided Optimism on Rising Transit Ridership Numbers
- Walkability Trending in Texas (Texas Trib)
- NJ Mayors Join in Push for Light Rail Extension (RT&S)
- Central Tennessee to See Its First TOD (Nashville Post)
- Denver Breaks Ground on North Metro Commuter Rail (Denver Biz Journal)
- Cincinnati Mayor on Board for Buses, Bikes, But Tepid on Other Transit (Cincy Biz Blog)
- Atlanta-Area County Without Public Transpo Could Join MARTA (AJC)
- A Lesson from D.C. on How to Avoid the Business/Bike Lane Standoff (People for Bikes)
- American Lung Association Pushes for a Walkable, Bikeable San Joaquin Valley (KERO-TV)
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