Today’s Headlines
Portland Sues Uber (Silicon Valley Biz Journal) Senate Committee OKs Obama’s NHTSA Nominee (The Hill) Five Issues to Watch With California’s High-Speed Rail (Silicon Valley Biz Journal) Why Does Amtrak Run Chronically Behind Schedule in Some Places? (Poughkeepsie Journal) Highway and Transit Lobbies Team Up to Ask for More Money (Progressive RR) Green Line Extension … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EST on December 10, 2014
- Portland Sues Uber (Silicon Valley Biz Journal)
- Senate Committee OKs Obama’s NHTSA Nominee (The Hill)
- Five Issues to Watch With California’s High-Speed Rail (Silicon Valley Biz Journal)
- Why Does Amtrak Run Chronically Behind Schedule in Some Places? (Poughkeepsie Journal)
- Highway and Transit Lobbies Team Up to Ask for More Money (Progressive RR)
- Green Line Extension Stirs New Tensions in Somerville, MA (Boston Globe)
- Poll: New Jersey Voters Want a New Hudson River Tunnel, But No Gas Tax Hike (NJ.com)
- Caltrans Tries to Keep Up With Shift Away From Cars (KPBS)
- Raleigh Looks for New Transit Vision with Human Transit‘s Jarrett Walker (Gov Exec)
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