Today’s Headlines
Blumenauer Bill Would Raise Gas Tax By 15 Cents Over Three Years (Portland Trib) No Opening Date Yet For DC’s Long-Delayed Streetcar (WaPo) Where Are Residents Most at Risk of Transit Poverty? (Next City) Phoenix Light Rail Ridership Broke Record During Super Bowl (The Hill) Maryland Gov Hogan Wants to Repeal Automatic Gas Tax Hikes … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EST on February 5, 2015
- Blumenauer Bill Would Raise Gas Tax By 15 Cents Over Three Years (Portland Trib)
- No Opening Date Yet For DC’s Long-Delayed Streetcar (WaPo)
- Where Are Residents Most at Risk of Transit Poverty? (Next City)
- Phoenix Light Rail Ridership Broke Record During Super Bowl (The Hill)
- Maryland Gov Hogan Wants to Repeal Automatic Gas Tax Hikes (Roll Call)
- Social Media Holds Transit Agencies Accountable (Governing)
- James Robertson’s Viral Story Affirms Need for Detroit Transit Revolution (Detroit Free-Press)
- Will a Streetcar Benefit Milwaukee’s Poorest Neighborhood? (Urban Milwaukee)
- How Germany Beats the U.S. in Toppling Car Dependence (City Lab)
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