Today’s Headlines
CBO: Transportation Funding Fix Won’t Last Long (Land Line) NYC Names “America’s Top Bike City” By Bicycling Mag, Which Is Big News in Portland (Oregonian) Illinois Invests $102M in Chicago-St. Louis High-Speed Rail (Progress Illinois) Potential Lawsuit, Equity Issues Ahead for Minneapolis Light Rail (Minn Post) Why Isn’t D.C.’s Capital Bikeshare Reaching Low-Income Areas? (Georgetown Public … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EDT on September 3, 2014
- CBO: Transportation Funding Fix Won’t Last Long (Land Line)
- NYC Names “America’s Top Bike City” By Bicycling Mag, Which Is Big News in Portland (Oregonian)
- Illinois Invests $102M in Chicago-St. Louis High-Speed Rail (Progress Illinois)
- Potential Lawsuit, Equity Issues Ahead for Minneapolis Light Rail (Minn Post)
- Why Isn’t D.C.’s Capital Bikeshare Reaching Low-Income Areas? (Georgetown Public Policy Review)
- In California, High-Speed Rail Opponents Take Fight to State Supreme Court (Fresno Bee)
- Of Course Americans Don’t Walk When It’s Inconvenient and Dangerous (HuffPo)
- Connecticut Towns Get Funding for TOD on Brownfields (Hartford Biz)
- How Private Shuttles Threaten Public Transit in Athens, GA (Flagpole)
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