Today’s Headlines
House Transpo Committee Approves Amtrak Bill (The Hill) …And Finalizes Recommendations for New PPP Office at DOT (Transport Topics) Foxx Quashes Rumors of a 2016 Senate Run (Washington Examiner) Hurricane Sandy Aid Package Brings $630M+ to NJ Transit Projects (NJ.com) Mesa, AZ, Shows What GOP Urbanism Can Look Like (Politico) Report: Global Shift to Transit Could Save $100 … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:56 AM EDT on September 18, 2014
- House Transpo Committee Approves Amtrak Bill (The Hill)
- …And Finalizes Recommendations for New PPP Office at DOT (Transport Topics)
- Foxx Quashes Rumors of a 2016 Senate Run (Washington Examiner)
- Hurricane Sandy Aid Package Brings $630M+ to NJ Transit Projects (NJ.com)
- Mesa, AZ, Shows What GOP Urbanism Can Look Like (Politico)
- Report: Global Shift to Transit Could Save $100 Trillion By 2050 (Phys.org)
- Survey Confirms Generational Divide on Transit Ridership (CityLab)
- Faulty CT Rail Bridge Gets Half the Funding Sought from Feds (Hartford Courant)
- TIGER Grant Expected to Boost Economy in Lower Roxbury, MA (Bay State Banner)
- Towson, MD, Debuts Bike Beltway (Baltimore Sun)
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