Today’s Headlines
City Lab Looks Back at 2014’s Top Transportation Breakthroughs as Roll Call Wraps Up Its Roundup Will Streetcars in Atlanta and DC Actually Start Running This Year? (Decaturish, Railway Age) Silver Line Snags Funds for Phase II in Northern Va. (Progressive Railroading) Five Myths About the Federal Gas Tax, as Prices Hit Record-Breaking Low (WaPo, The Hill) Next City Ranks the Best and … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:55 AM EST on December 23, 2014
- City Lab Looks Back at 2014’s Top Transportation Breakthroughs as Roll Call Wraps Up Its Roundup
- Will Streetcars in Atlanta and DC Actually Start Running This Year? (Decaturish, Railway Age)
- Silver Line Snags Funds for Phase II in Northern Va. (Progressive Railroading)
- Five Myths About the Federal Gas Tax, as Prices Hit Record-Breaking Low (WaPo, The Hill)
- Next City Ranks the Best and Worst Urban Trends of The Year
- Boston’s 2024 Olympic Bid Hinges on Transit (Boston Globe)
- Charleston, SC, Could See Trolleys, More Bikes and Less Downtown Parking (Post and Courier)
- Developers Urge MD’s New Governor to Move on Purple Line (Bethesda Mag)
- In New Orleans, the Public Had Its Say This Year on Transit (Best of New Orleans)
- San Fernando Valley Feels Left Out of L.A.’s Rail Growth (City Watch)
- Helsinki Stands Out as Model for Smart Urban Growth (Co.Exist)
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