Today’s Headlines
Feds Give $1.2B to Silver Line Phase II (GSN) GOP Senators Predict New Funding Source for Transpo (The Hill) Developers Take Interest in Twin Cities Light Rail (Finance & Commerce) DC Metro Pays Nearly $5M to Settle Suit Over No-Bid Contract (WaPo) Gov Tech: U.S. Can’t Keep Tolerating Transportation Mediocrity UK Study: Transit Riders Weigh Less … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:55 AM EDT on August 21, 2014
- Feds Give $1.2B to Silver Line Phase II (GSN)
- GOP Senators Predict New Funding Source for Transpo (The Hill)
- Developers Take Interest in Twin Cities Light Rail (Finance & Commerce)
- DC Metro Pays Nearly $5M to Settle Suit Over No-Bid Contract (WaPo)
- Gov Tech: U.S. Can’t Keep Tolerating Transportation Mediocrity
- UK Study: Transit Riders Weigh Less (Health Central)
- Math Finds Capitol Hill Seattle the Most Walkable Yet Affordable Neighborhood (Munson City, Curbed)
- Nashville Sees “Guerilla Urbanism” (Nashville Scene)
- Cleveland Advocates Promote Convenient But Underused Bus Line (Plain Dealer)
- Chesapeake, VA, Wants in on Light Rail (Pilot)
- How Can Downtown Stamford, CT, Become Safer for Pedestrians? (WHSU)
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