Today’s Headlines
Roll Call Rounds Up the Year’s Most Encouraging Transportation News (Part I and II) How Can Northern Virginia Maximize the Benefits of the Silver Line? (CAP) Amtrak Service Returns to Massachusetts’ “Knowledge Corridor” (Recorder) Costs for Honolulu Rail Project Could Balloon by $750M (Hawaii News Now) In D.C. Area, It Looks Like Rich and Poor … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EST on December 19, 2014
- Roll Call Rounds Up the Year’s Most Encouraging Transportation News (Part I and II)
- How Can Northern Virginia Maximize the Benefits of the Silver Line? (CAP)
- Amtrak Service Returns to Massachusetts’ “Knowledge Corridor” (Recorder)
- Costs for Honolulu Rail Project Could Balloon by $750M (Hawaii News Now)
- In D.C. Area, It Looks Like Rich and Poor People Are Biking More Than Average (GGW)
- How Lower Gas Prices Could Encourage Sprawl in Houston (Houston Chron)
- Uber to Take a Three-Month Hiatus in Portland (NYT)
- New MD Governor’s Comments on the Purple Line Aren’t Encouraging (WaPo)
- The Court Case That Could Transform California’s Approach to Climate Change (CityLab)
- In West Seattle, Baby Steps Toward Light Rail (West Seattle Blog)
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