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White House Preps for U.N. Climate Summit Next Week (The Hill) Rail Advocates Rally Against Cuts in House Amtrak Bill (The Hill, Progressive Railroading) Today Is Park(ing) Day: A Model for “Quick and Dirty” Urbanism (Voice of San Diego) Foxx Meets with Tampa Transpo Leaders (Tampa Trib) Jane Jacobs’ Ideas Continue to Resonate in Urban Innovations … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:55 AM EDT on September 19, 2014

White House Preps for U.N. Climate Summit Next Week (The Hill)
Rail Advocates Rally Against Cuts in House Amtrak Bill (The Hill, Progressive Railroading)
Today Is Park(ing) Day: A Model for “Quick and Dirty” Urbanism (Voice of San Diego)
Foxx Meets with Tampa Transpo Leaders (Tampa Trib)
Jane Jacobs’ Ideas Continue to Resonate in Urban Innovations (CityLab)
Feds Discuss Progress With “Promise Zones” for Middle-Class (Housing Wire)
Utah’s Goals for Growth Match With New Transit Study (Salt Lake Trib)
Industry Leaders: Las Vegas Needs to Diversify Transit (Review-Journal)
U.S. Makes Headway With Raised Bike Lanes (Co.Exist)
Grist Writer Shares Reflections on Moving Cross-Country via Amtrak

Katie Pearce

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