Today’s Headlines
Wyden Offers Short-Term Funding Plan; Corker Calls It “Complete Sham” (Roll Call, Transport Topics) Charlotte Magazine Profiles Anthony Foxx Offering Test Drives to Congress, Shuster Touts Driverless Cars (Roll Call) Tysons Corner Waits Impatiently for Silver Line (NYT) APTA Pitches Aggressive Growth for Transit Funding (Progressive Railroading) Denver Becomes the West’s Model for Transit Expansion (CityLab) Detroit City … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:49 AM EDT on June 25, 2014
- Wyden Offers Short-Term Funding Plan; Corker Calls It “Complete Sham” (Roll Call, Transport Topics)
- Charlotte Magazine Profiles Anthony Foxx
- Offering Test Drives to Congress, Shuster Touts Driverless Cars (Roll Call)
- Tysons Corner Waits Impatiently for Silver Line (NYT)
- APTA Pitches Aggressive Growth for Transit Funding (Progressive Railroading)
- Denver Becomes the West’s Model for Transit Expansion (CityLab)
- Detroit City Council Greenlights Streetcar (Detroit News)
- Support Builds for Austin’s Urban Rail Plan (Community Impact)
- Charlottesville Updates Bike/Ped Plan (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
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