Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines
By Tanya Snyder
- Bless His Heart: Sen. Carper Still Thinks Congress Could Raise the Gas Tax (News Journal)
- NEC Portal Bridge Chokepoint Could Be Fixed, Would Cost $940M (AP)
- Japan's Maglev Train Opens, Reaching Speeds Over 300 MPH (Daily Mail)
- Texas Transportation Council Drops Trinity Highway Boondoggle From Plan (Dallas Morning News)
- WISDOT Presses Forward With Expensive and Unnecessary I-94 Expansion (WISPIRG)
- Gov. Christie's Presidential Ambitions vs. the Need to Raise NJ's Gas Tax (NJ.com x2)
- Critic Says Planned Detroit BRT Stations Are Too Far From Employment Centers (Crains)
- SEPTA Trying to Work Bikes Into Philly Transit (CBS)
- Silicon Valley Weighs BRT Options Along Camino Real (Human Transit)
- Urban Geometry: Why It's Better for Your City to Be Shaped Like a Circle Than a Giraffe (Salon)
- DC Scores High in Transpo "Free Market" Ranking for Uber Law (Daily Signal)
- Washington Post Is Super Down on Streetcars These Days, in DC and Suburbs
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