Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

High-Speed Rail Breaks Ground in California (Sac Bee, LAT) The Hill Points to Five New Transportation Players to Watch This Year in Congress WaPo: Washington Has Its Best Chance in Years to Raise the Gas Tax Boston’s Green Line Extension Gets $996M From Feds (Progressive Railroading) Cheap Gas, Strong Car Sales Don’t Mean Americans Are … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:56 AM EST on January 7, 2015

High-Speed Rail Breaks Ground in California (Sac Bee, LAT)
The Hill Points to Five New Transportation Players to Watch This Year in Congress
WaPo: Washington Has Its Best Chance in Years to Raise the Gas Tax
Boston’s Green Line Extension Gets $996M From Feds (Progressive Railroading)
Cheap Gas, Strong Car Sales Don’t Mean Americans Are Driving More (Roll Call)
Atlanta Beats DC to the Punch With Streetcar Launch (Metro Business Media)
It’s Tough to Be Stuck in the Middle Between Car Commuting and Public Transit (Vox)
How Can America’s Suburbs Grapple with Rising Poverty? (The Atlantic)
Expect to See Detroit Shift Away From Freeways (Detroit News)
Pittsburgh Pumps More Funds Into Cycling (Trib Live)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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