Today’s Headlines
Obama Urges Transpo Bill Before Recess as Congress Squabbles Over Details (The Hill, WSJ) WaPo Thinks Senate Bill Is Better of Two Flawed Options Is Streetcar Totally Dead for San Antonio? (TPR) For a Nationwide Infrastructure Plan, Congress Should Be Talking About Broadband (CityLab) Protected Bike Lanes Would Be Easier to Build Under New California Law … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on July 31, 2014
- Obama Urges Transpo Bill Before Recess as Congress Squabbles Over Details (The Hill, WSJ)
- WaPo Thinks Senate Bill Is Better of Two Flawed Options
- Is Streetcar Totally Dead for San Antonio? (TPR)
- For a Nationwide Infrastructure Plan, Congress Should Be Talking About Broadband (CityLab)
- Protected Bike Lanes Would Be Easier to Build Under New California Law (Next City)
- How Will Fairfax County Capitalize on the Silver Line? (Falls Church News-Press)
- Grants to Boost TOD in Minneapolis (Finance & Commerce)
- In Brazil, Past Tragedy Fuels Bike Boom (Next City)
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