Today’s Headlines
Schumer Bill Would Restore Maximum Transit Tax Benefit (AP) Dallas City Council Shows Support for $1B in Downtown Transit Boosts (AP, D Mag) California’s New Tax-Increment Financing Could Bring Billions for Infrastructure (Gov Exec) Why Cincinnati Is Going Low With Streetcar Fare (Cincinnati Biz Courier) Foxx in South Dakota With Thune, the Likely New Transportation Committee Chief (AP, Politico) … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EST on November 12, 2014
- Schumer Bill Would Restore Maximum Transit Tax Benefit (AP)
- Dallas City Council Shows Support for $1B in Downtown Transit Boosts (AP, D Mag)
- California’s New Tax-Increment Financing Could Bring Billions for Infrastructure (Gov Exec)
- Why Cincinnati Is Going Low With Streetcar Fare (Cincinnati Biz Courier)
- Foxx in South Dakota With Thune, the Likely New Transportation Committee Chief (AP, Politico)
- Tregoning Shares Planning Wisdom With Louisiana (Times-Picayune)
- Feds to Investigate Northwest Arkansas Railroad Crash (Ozarks First)
- World’s First Solar Bike Lane Debuts in the Netherlands (Think Progress)
- Could “Ridiculed” Streetcar Help Revive Downtown Tampa? (Tampa Trib)
- MARTA Crowdfunds for Bike-Repair Kiosks Near Rail (Progressive Railroading)
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