Today’s Headlines
Transpo Funding: the Next Looming Cliff in Congress (The Hill) This Year’s Heroes in the Bike/Ped Movement (Alliance for Biking and Walking) Road Builders Want 15-Cent Gas Tax Hike, With Rebates for Some (Transport Topics) DC Metro Rethinks Long-Term Plans, Suspends Search for New Leader (WaPo) Atlanta’s Among the Many Cities Responding to DOT Challenge … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:51 AM EDT on March 13, 2015
- Transpo Funding: the Next Looming Cliff in Congress (The Hill)
- This Year’s Heroes in the Bike/Ped Movement (Alliance for Biking and Walking)
- Road Builders Want 15-Cent Gas Tax Hike, With Rebates for Some (Transport Topics)
- DC Metro Rethinks Long-Term Plans, Suspends Search for New Leader (WaPo)
- Atlanta’s Among the Many Cities Responding to DOT Challenge for Safer Streets (Atlanta Biz Journal)
- Long Island’s Affordability Hinges on TOD (Mobilizing the Region)
- Senator Joins Push to Save Hoosier State Amtrak Line (Indy Star)
- New Metro Station in the Works for Alexandria, VA (Washington Biz Journal)
- St. Louis, University City Launch Construction of New Streetcar (STL Today)
- Oregon Bill Would Let Bikes and Motorcycles Pass Through Red Lights (Oregonian)
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