Today’s Headlines
There’s a Slew of Vacancies in Top U.S. Transpo Positions (The Hill) New FRA Head Gets High Marks from Congress (WaPo) Construction Begins on Downtown Chicago BRT (Sun Times) 12 Studies That Confirm the Economic Value of Adding Bike Lanes (City Lab) GGW: With Streetcar Plans in Doubt, New DC Mayor Needs to Commit to … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on March 16, 2015
- There’s a Slew of Vacancies in Top U.S. Transpo Positions (The Hill)
- New FRA Head Gets High Marks from Congress (WaPo)
- Construction Begins on Downtown Chicago BRT (Sun Times)
- 12 Studies That Confirm the Economic Value of Adding Bike Lanes (City Lab)
- GGW: With Streetcar Plans in Doubt, New DC Mayor Needs to Commit to Transit
- How Utah Lawmakers Managed to Raise the Gas Tax (Salt Lake Trib)
- Hoosier State Amtrak Line Gets Short-Term Extension (Indiana Public Radio)
- Transit Funding a Flashpoint for Michigan Ballot Proposal (M Live)
- New Orleans-to-Orlando Rail Could Be Restored (News Herald)
- New Book Explores the Origins and Applications of “Tactical Urbanism” (Next City)
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