Today’s Headlines
Legacy of Urban Highways Hampered Obama’s Goals for Livable Cities (City Lab) House Panel Approves Bill That Would Cut Transit Grants (AP) Transpo Unions Push for Blumenauer’s Gas Tax Hike Idea (In These Times) Study: Biking Instead of Driving Saves the U.S. Over $4.6B/Year (Forbes) At Tech Summit, LaHood Continues to Tout 10-Cent Increase in Gas … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on May 22, 2014
- Legacy of Urban Highways Hampered Obama’s Goals for Livable Cities (City Lab)
- House Panel Approves Bill That Would Cut Transit Grants (AP)
- Transpo Unions Push for Blumenauer’s Gas Tax Hike Idea (In These Times)
- Study: Biking Instead of Driving Saves the U.S. Over $4.6B/Year (Forbes)
- At Tech Summit, LaHood Continues to Tout 10-Cent Increase in Gas Tax (Better Roads)
- Will L.A.’s Purple Line Extension Get Motorists to Switch to Transit? (KPCC)
- Baltimore Plants the Seeds for a Real Bike Network (GGW)
- Bacon’s Rebellion: Complete Streets Save Lives
- Experiment in Albuquerque: Will Millennials Follow Through on Their Interest in Transit? (ALQ Biz First)
- Houston Plans for a Road Diet (Houston Chron)
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