Today’s Headlines
L.A. Gets Ready to Pursue $1.1B Federal Grant for Subway Extension (Progressive Railroading) D.C. Metro CEO to Step Down in January (WaPo) GAO: More Transparency Needed With TIGER Grants (Transpo Topics) After Spike in Transit Worker Fatalities, NTSB Offers Recommendations (Roll Call) How Should Atlanta’s Beltline Project Grapple With Equity? (Creative Loafing Atlanta) Boosting Pennsylvania’s … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:55 AM EDT on September 25, 2014
- L.A. Gets Ready to Pursue $1.1B Federal Grant for Subway Extension (Progressive Railroading)
- D.C. Metro CEO to Step Down in January (WaPo)
- GAO: More Transparency Needed With TIGER Grants (Transpo Topics)
- After Spike in Transit Worker Fatalities, NTSB Offers Recommendations (Roll Call)
- How Should Atlanta’s Beltline Project Grapple With Equity? (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
- Boosting Pennsylvania’s Train Ridership No Easy Challenge (Pop City)
- As NJ’s Transpo Funds Run Dry, Should Gas Tax Hike Be on the Table? (NorthJersey.com, Philly.com)
- In Twin Cities, New Transpo Funding Method Aims to Reduce Racial Inequality (Next City)
- Are Uber and Lyft Good for Sustainability? (Mobility Lab)
- Panel Urges Tampa Leaders to Continue Transit Push (Tampa Bay Biz Journal)
- Does the 3-Foot Rule for Bikes Actually Work? (Outside)
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