Today’s Headlines
Transpo Advocates, Toll Opponents Praise Proposed Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) Detroit Light Rail Will Proceed, Despite Funding Gap (Detroit News) America’s New Oil Crisis: Crashing Trains (Politico) Fast Lane Looks Back at 100 Years of American Bus Travel So Which Is It: Is Atlanta “Dangerous by Design” or Easily Walkable? (Decaturish) Texas Looks to Emulate Japan … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:53 AM EDT on June 19, 2014
- Transpo Advocates, Toll Opponents Praise Proposed Gas Tax Hike (The Hill)
- Detroit Light Rail Will Proceed, Despite Funding Gap (Detroit News)
- America’s New Oil Crisis: Crashing Trains (Politico)
- Fast Lane Looks Back at 100 Years of American Bus Travel
- So Which Is It: Is Atlanta “Dangerous by Design” or Easily Walkable? (Decaturish)
- Texas Looks to Emulate Japan With High-Speed Rail (Atlantic Cities)
- Charlotte, NC, Leaders Try Out Minneapolis Bike Lanes (Charlotte Observer)
- No, Chicago Bike Shops Don’t Hate Divvy (Crain’s)
- Itacha Goes After TIGER Grant for Better Buses, Streets (Central NY Biz Journal)
- Three Ways to Improve Transit in South Jersey (Next City)
- East Portland Considers Dramatic Downzoning (Oregon Live)
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