Today’s Headlines
- U.S. DOT Announces $3.6B for Transit Resiliency on East Coast (AP)
- Dem Lawmakers Kick Off Rail~Volution With Plea For More Money (Finance & Commerce)
- U.S. DOT Sued Over Failure to Produce Truck Driver Training Rule (Go By Truck)
- Distracted Walking Causing Rise in Ped Fatalities? Nobody Knows But WaPo Says Yes
- Ann Arbor Transit Expands Hours, Increases Ridership (WEMU)
- Indiana Toll Road Operator Goes Belly Up (Planetizen)
- DC Mayoral Frontrunner Calls For Vision Zero... But GGW Commenters Don't Buy It
- Virginia Probably Won't Get to Build Its New Toll Road Along Route 460 (Register Guard)
- A Bike-Share Model For Cities Where Traditional Bike-Share Doesn't Work (Next City)
- City Clock Ranks America's Most Car-Independent Neighborhoods
- A City's Footprint Is Intimately Linked to Its Carbon Footprint (WaPo)
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