Today’s Headlines
A Quarter of All Traffic Collisions in Florida are Hit-and-Runs (News Press) Texas Lawmaker Seeking Ban on Federal Aid to Texas Rail Projects (Examiner) California Transportation Chief Endorses Fix-it-First Policy (Planetizen) Governing: Utah’s Nonpolitical Brand of Long-Range Planning Is a National Model Florida Officials Banned From Using the Term “Climate Change” (Miami Herald) D.C.’s Planned … Continued
9:00 AM EDT on March 9, 2015
- A Quarter of All Traffic Collisions in Florida are Hit-and-Runs (News Press)
- Texas Lawmaker Seeking Ban on Federal Aid to Texas Rail Projects (Examiner)
- California Transportation Chief Endorses Fix-it-First Policy (Planetizen)
- Governing: Utah’s Nonpolitical Brand of Long-Range Planning Is a National Model
- Florida Officials Banned From Using the Term “Climate Change” (Miami Herald)
- D.C.’s Planned 37-Mile Streetcar System Could Be Abandoned (WaPo)
- Oregon Senate’s Transportation Bill Snubs Transit (Oregonian)
- Slate: Ferries’ Political Popularity Exceeds Their Usefulness
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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