Today’s Headlines
Yesterday Marked the 21st Anniversary of the Last Gas Tax Increase (The Hill) How Denver Got Creative to Deliver on Light Rail (National Journal) … And How Denver’s Transit Success Could Offer a Template for Toronto (Toronto Star) Roll Call Interviews Foxx on Transpo Funding Commuting by Car Declining (Slightly) for the First Time in Decades … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:56 AM EDT on October 2, 2014
- Yesterday Marked the 21st Anniversary of the Last Gas Tax Increase (The Hill)
- How Denver Got Creative to Deliver on Light Rail (National Journal)
- … And How Denver’s Transit Success Could Offer a Template for Toronto (Toronto Star)
- Roll Call Interviews Foxx on Transpo Funding
- Commuting by Car Declining (Slightly) for the First Time in Decades (WaPo)
- GGW: Streetcars Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Benefit Cities
- Seattle Voters Will Decide Whether to Revive Monorail Idea (Seattle Times)
- Las Vegas’ Visionary Downtown Project Seems to Be Imploding (CityLab)
- Should Transit Agencies Advertise Alcohol to Raise Revenue? (WaPo)
- D Magazine in Dallas Launches Transportation and Urbanism Blog
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