Today’s Headlines
Michigan OKs $10M Loan for Detroit Streetcar (MLive) Denver’s New Transit Hub Offers Test Case for Two Federal Loan Programs (WSJ) World Bank: China Needs to Increase Density, Not Expand Sprawl (Financial Times) Clock Ticking for Governor’s Stamp on Indy Transit Bill (Indy Star) Meet the Woman in Charge of Salt Lake City Transportation (Atlantic … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:55 AM EDT on March 26, 2014
- Michigan OKs $10M Loan for Detroit Streetcar (MLive)
- Denver’s New Transit Hub Offers Test Case for Two Federal Loan Programs (WSJ)
- World Bank: China Needs to Increase Density, Not Expand Sprawl (Financial Times)
- Clock Ticking for Governor’s Stamp on Indy Transit Bill (Indy Star)
- Meet the Woman in Charge of Salt Lake City Transportation (Atlantic Cities)
- Enter the Mobile Pedestrian Revolution (Government Technology)
- Mayors in Tampa and Raleigh Call for Transit Focus (WUSF, News & Observer)
- Vancouver Continues to See Pipeline of Mixed-Use Projects (Vancouver Sun)
- Study: Charlotte, NC, Drivers Spend a Work Week a Year Stuck in Traffic (Charlotte Observer)
- Who Will Ride Florida’s New SunRail? (Orlando Sentinel)
- New Oakland Law Would Penalize Driver Aggression Against Peds, Cyclists (SF Chron)
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