Today’s Headlines
- Boxer Sounds Alarm on Ticking Clock for Transportation Funding (The Hill)
- And AASHTO Infographic Lays Out All the Numbers (via Better Roads)
- Without Tax Hike, Detroit Bus System Will Have to Shut Down (AP)
- APTA Stands by Its Ridership Report (Progressive Railroading)
- Increasing Number of Californians Support High-Speed Rail (Sacramento Biz Journal)
- DC Metro Fares to Rise in July (WaPo)
- Cincinnati Looks to Urban Trend of Resurrecting Rail Stations (Cincinnati.com)
- Cuomo Seeks $4.9B Transit Resiliency Plan for Sandy-Like Disasters (Staten Island Live)
- Support Grows for Bullet Train in North Texas (Star Telegram)
- Report: Streetcar Would Spur Development for Virginia's Columbia Pike (GGW, Bacon's Rebellion)
- Pro-Transit Group Pushes for Central St. Louis Station (St. Louis Public Radio)
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