Today’s Headlines
Foxx Takes a Road Trip to Drum Up Support for Obama’s Transpo Plan (Transport Topics, AP) DOT: Highway Trust Fund Will Dry Up by August (The Hill) How Are States Responding to the Funding Gridlock? (Governing) New Orleans Group Rallies for Central Transit Hub (Times-Picayune) L.A. Metro Recommends Two Familiar Contractors for Downtown Rail Connection (LA Times) … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:54 AM EDT on April 16, 2014
- Foxx Takes a Road Trip to Drum Up Support for Obama’s Transpo Plan (Transport Topics, AP)
- DOT: Highway Trust Fund Will Dry Up by August (The Hill)
- How Are States Responding to the Funding Gridlock? (Governing)
- New Orleans Group Rallies for Central Transit Hub (Times-Picayune)
- L.A. Metro Recommends Two Familiar Contractors for Downtown Rail Connection (LA Times)
- Seattle Voters Will Decide Transit Funding Issue Next Week (Seattle Times)
- How Does U.S. Transit Use Compare With Other Countries? (E Mag)
- Ontario Commits $25M to Bike Infrastructure (Global News)
- Former Utah Mayors Tout Denser Development (Salt Lake Trib)
- GGW Questions Baltimore’s Plans for More Waterfront Parking
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