Today’s Headlines
How Does Sprawl Affect Income Mobility? (WaPo) It Turns Out Southern California’s Not So Sprawling After All (LA Times) How Will the Purple Line Affect Property Values in Maryland? (GGW) Indiana Looks for Firms to Run Hoosier State Rail Line After Washington Yanks Funding (Indy Star) Why Are the Koch Brothers Trying to Kill Nashville’s BRT Plan? … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:56 AM EDT on April 3, 2014
- How Does Sprawl Affect Income Mobility? (WaPo)
- It Turns Out Southern California’s Not So Sprawling After All (LA Times)
- How Will the Purple Line Affect Property Values in Maryland? (GGW)
- Indiana Looks for Firms to Run Hoosier State Rail Line After Washington Yanks Funding (Indy Star)
- Why Are the Koch Brothers Trying to Kill Nashville’s BRT Plan? (Salon)
- Throughout History, the “400-Meter Rule” Rings True for Urban Street Design (HuffPo)
- Downtown Mesa, AZ, Gets Ready for Light Rail (AZ Capitol Times)
- What Can Memphis Teach Us About Smart Cities? (Keystone Edge)
- Texas Business Sense Encourages the Rise of Cycling (WLRN)
- Study: Four Out of 10 Transit Riders in Northeast Ohio Don’t Own a Car (Plain Dealer)
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