Today’s Headlines
Hartford BRT Debuts in Connecticut (Hartford Courant) Foxx, Shuster Work Together on Transpo Funding Quagmire (The Hill) DC Mayor Sticks With Streetcar, But There’s a Lot of Work Ahead (WaPo) St. Paul Lays Out Ambitious Plans for Biking (MPR News) Nashville’s Mayoral Hopefuls Take on Transit After Death of BRT (Tennessean) Boston’s Bike Director Departs for Seattle … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on March 23, 2015
- Hartford BRT Debuts in Connecticut (Hartford Courant)
- Foxx, Shuster Work Together on Transpo Funding Quagmire (The Hill)
- DC Mayor Sticks With Streetcar, But There’s a Lot of Work Ahead (WaPo)
- St. Paul Lays Out Ambitious Plans for Biking (MPR News)
- Nashville’s Mayoral Hopefuls Take on Transit After Death of BRT (Tennessean)
- Boston’s Bike Director Departs for Seattle (Boston Globe)
- Virginia Makes Transpo Spending More Practical, Less Political (GGW)
- Bill From Kentucky Rep Would Defund Transit, Bike Lanes, Sidewalks (WCPO)
- Pinellas County, Florida, Misses Out on Bus Funding (Tampa Bay Times)
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