Today’s Headlines
Deferred Infrastructure Maintenance a Top Concern for Municipal Bond Analysts (Government Executive) Brookings Explains How States Have Been Filling Transportation Funding Gaps Despite Federal Inaction One of the Biggest Obstacles to Americans’ Retirement Is Spending Too Much on Cars (Globe and Mail) TRB Report: Land Use Impacts of Transit 4 Times More Important for Climate Than Actual … Continued
8:54 AM EDT on April 9, 2015
- Deferred Infrastructure Maintenance a Top Concern for Municipal Bond Analysts (Government Executive)
- Brookings Explains How States Have Been Filling Transportation Funding Gaps Despite Federal Inaction
- One of the Biggest Obstacles to Americans’ Retirement Is Spending Too Much on Cars (Globe and Mail)
- TRB Report: Land Use Impacts of Transit 4 Times More Important for Climate Than Actual Transit Trips
- NYT Room for Debate Looks at the Pros and Cons of P3 Infrastructure Projects
- Bypass of a Town of 20,000 Is Ohio DOT’s Most Expensive Project Ever (Cleveland.com)
- Vox: U.S. Subway Systems Need Open Gangways
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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