Today’s Headlines
Biden Lets Slip a Criticism of Congress for Failing to Raise Gas Tax (The Hill) $600M in TIGER Grants to be Announced Next Month (Transport Topics) One Hopeful Competitor: The Detroit Streetcar (Detroit News) Lyft Launches Carpooling Service, With Uber Right Behind (NYT, Forbes) In Nashville, Gabe Klein Talks TOD, BRT (Nashville Biz Journal) How Can Dallas … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on August 7, 2014
- Biden Lets Slip a Criticism of Congress for Failing to Raise Gas Tax (The Hill)
- $600M in TIGER Grants to be Announced Next Month (Transport Topics)
- One Hopeful Competitor: The Detroit Streetcar (Detroit News)
- Lyft Launches Carpooling Service, With Uber Right Behind (NYT, Forbes)
- In Nashville, Gabe Klein Talks TOD, BRT (Nashville Biz Journal)
- How Can Dallas Kick Its Car Dependence? (Guardian)
- Boulder Considers Letting Developers Build More Housing, Less Asphalt (Daily Camera)
- Feds Highlight New Jersey Stretch of High-Speed Rail (NJ.com)
- UCLA Report: Major Transit Projects are Taking Longer in California (via KPCC)
- Reimagining Downtown Streets in Stamford, CT (Mobilizing the Region)
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