Today’s Headlines
Obama Team Drawing Up a Specific Transportation Bill Proposal (The Hill) EPA Chief on the Road This Week to Promote Climate Action Plan (EHS Today) WaPo: What Price Will Riders Pay for Metro’s Mess? Beth Osborne: Focus Transpo Resources on Local Communities (Atlantic Cities) Across the Country, Transit Agencies Shift Away from Diesel (Governing) How … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EDT on April 23, 2014
- Obama Team Drawing Up a Specific Transportation Bill Proposal (The Hill)
- EPA Chief on the Road This Week to Promote Climate Action Plan (EHS Today)
- WaPo: What Price Will Riders Pay for Metro’s Mess?
- Beth Osborne: Focus Transpo Resources on Local Communities (Atlantic Cities)
- Across the Country, Transit Agencies Shift Away from Diesel (Governing)
- How to Calculate “Right Size Parking” (GCN)
- Vox Explains the Deal With Streetcars
- Local Sales Tax Might Fund BRT in Georgia (Marietta Daily Journal)
- Bike League Names Bike-Friendly Businesses
- How the Agenda 21 Conspiracy Theory Is Holding Back Cities (NRDC Switchboard)
- Is Vegas on Its Way to Controlling Sprawl? (Vegas Seven)
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