Today’s Headlines
DC’s Silver Line to Dulles Is Behind Schedule, Over Budget (WaPo, The Hill) Overall, Mayors Want Washington to “Do Something” (Politico) One Chart Shows What’s Gone Wrong With the Highway Trust Fund (City Lab) Foxx: Time to “Get Unrealistic” to Solve Transpo Situation (Transport Topics) Urban Vanguards to Descend on the Biggest Little City in … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:45 AM EDT on April 28, 2015
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Overall, Mayors Want Washington to “Do Something” (Politico)
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One Chart Shows What’s Gone Wrong With the Highway Trust Fund (City Lab)
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Foxx: Time to “Get Unrealistic” to Solve Transpo Situation (Transport Topics)
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Urban Vanguards to Descend on the Biggest Little City in the World (Reno Gazette-Journal)
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Rising Costs Spell Doubt for Minneapolis Light Rail (MPR News)
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This Morning, Shuster Talks Infrastructure with National Journal
- The Good and Bad of New Microtransit Options (City Lab)
- Ridership Reaches Record High for Metro-North’s New Haven Line (CT Now)
- Does Uber Really Qualify as “Alternative Transportation”? (Next City)
- Alexandria Picks Preferred Site for New Metro Station (WaPo)
- A New Option for Walking and Biking in Downtown Tampa (83 Degrees)
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