Today’s Headlines
Governing: Most American Cities Still Car Dependent, But Some Making Progress Transit Funding Stripped From State Budget in Georgia (Saporta Report) Major Cut Proposed for California’s Gas Tax (Planetizen) Bertha, Seattle’s Long-Stalled Tunnel Boring Machine, Drilled 6 Feet This Week (Equipment World) TRB Releases Guide to Smart Growth in Rural Areas and Small Towns Under … Continued
9:01 AM EST on February 20, 2015
- Governing: Most American Cities Still Car Dependent, But Some Making Progress
- Transit Funding Stripped From State Budget in Georgia (Saporta Report)
- Major Cut Proposed for California’s Gas Tax (Planetizen)
- Bertha, Seattle’s Long-Stalled Tunnel Boring Machine, Drilled 6 Feet This Week (Equipment World)
- TRB Releases Guide to Smart Growth in Rural Areas and Small Towns
- Under Fiscal Strain, Wisconsin Gov Walker Will Skip Debt Payments This Year (Think Progress)
- In These Times: The Pitfalls of Urban Revitalization Schemes Premised on Tourism
- For Detroit’s James Robertson, Viral Walking Commute Hero, Newfound Fame Has a Price (Vice)
Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.
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