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)
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