Today’s Headlines
Does Cantor’s Loss Make Transportation Compromise Even More Remote? (GGW) Officials From Large Urban Counties Press Congress to Fund Transportation (MarketWatch) Will a New Data-Driven, Luxury Bus Service Solve Boston’s Transit Problems? (Gizmodo) Turning One-Way Streets Into Two-Way Streets Improves Everything (Planetizen) Despite Attacks From Cities, Uber May Make the Private Car Obsolete (NYT) Driverless … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:51 AM EDT on June 12, 2014
- Does Cantor’s Loss Make Transportation Compromise Even More Remote? (GGW)
- Officials From Large Urban Counties Press Congress to Fund Transportation (MarketWatch)
- Will a New Data-Driven, Luxury Bus Service Solve Boston’s Transit Problems? (Gizmodo)
- Turning One-Way Streets Into Two-Way Streets Improves Everything (Planetizen)
- Despite Attacks From Cities, Uber May Make the Private Car Obsolete (NYT)
- Driverless Cars Could Reduce Urban Traffic by 80 Percent (GovTech)
- Tear Up Park-and-Ride Lots: A Case Study From Calgary (CityLab)
- The Structure of the Property Tax Is Hurting Our Downtowns (Sightline)
- How Does Japanese Rail Survive Without Subsidies? (Economist)
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.
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