Today’s Headlines
Foxx Warns State DOTs That Funding Could Be Cut Off Soon (The Hill) At HUD, Julian Castro Will Take on Obama’s Climate Work (National Journal) California, Amtrak Back Out of Joint Bid on High-Speed Rail (AP) Proposal to Raise Gas Tax Wins Praise From WaPo, NRDC Switchboard While Gannett Notes Mixed Opinions, and Forbes Sniffs Out a Gimmick in the Funding … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:44 AM EDT on June 23, 2014
- Foxx Warns State DOTs That Funding Could Be Cut Off Soon (The Hill)
- At HUD, Julian Castro Will Take on Obama’s Climate Work (National Journal)
- California, Amtrak Back Out of Joint Bid on High-Speed Rail (AP)
- Proposal to Raise Gas Tax Wins Praise From WaPo, NRDC Switchboard
- While Gannett Notes Mixed Opinions, and Forbes Sniffs Out a Gimmick in the Funding Formula
- More Congress Members Could Take a Spin in Driverless Cars (The Hill)
- Honolulu Rail Proceeds with $250M from Feds (Hawaii Reporter)
- Denver Tackles TOD Challenges, Looks to Union Station as Unifier (Denver Post)
- Why is Detroit’s Rail Project Moving So Slowly? (Detroit Free Press)
- Dallas, Houston Mark Different Paths With Rail Development (Houston Chron)
- Will Risk-Averse Transit Agencies Take a Chance on D.C. Startup? (WaPo)
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