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Senator Carper Insists There’s a Chance for Long-Term Transpo Bill (Trucking Info) And Senator Durbin Points to Earmark Ban as a Problem (The Hill) Could California’s High-Speed Rail Connect to Vegas? (Bloomberg) Connecticut to Pony Up $188M to Replace Failing Metro-North Bridge By 2020 (Hartford Courant) Will Nashville’s Next Mayor Carry on BRT Plans? (Nashville … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:54 AM EDT on October 3, 2014

Senator Carper Insists There’s a Chance for Long-Term Transpo Bill (Trucking Info)
And Senator Durbin Points to Earmark Ban as a Problem (The Hill)
Could California’s High-Speed Rail Connect to Vegas? (Bloomberg)
Connecticut to Pony Up $188M to Replace Failing Metro-North Bridge By 2020 (Hartford Courant)
Will Nashville’s Next Mayor Carry on BRT Plans? (Nashville Public Radio)
Feds Want Money Back in Five Years for Scrapped Columbia River Crossing (Oregonian)
Bacon’s Rebellion Shares a Hopeful Outlook for Transforming the Inner Burbs
What Can L.A. Learn from NYC’s Walkability? (KPCC)
“Better Buffalo Fund” Gears Toward Transit-Oriented Development (Buffalo News)
Why Do Dutch Women Cycle More Than U.S. Women? (Guardian)

Katie Pearce

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