Today’s Headlines
Portland Monthly Magazine: Portland Needs More Density $1.7 Billion Toll Lanes Approved for I-405 in Orange County (KPCC) Ohio to Spend More Than Annual Transit Budget on Two Planes (WOSU) Nancy Pelosi Says House Budget “Ignores Our Crumbling Infrastructure” (The Hill) Smart Growth America Asks for Your Letters to Support National Complete Street Policy Good … Continued
8:53 AM EDT on May 1, 2015
- Portland Monthly Magazine: Portland Needs More Density
- $1.7 Billion Toll Lanes Approved for I-405 in Orange County (KPCC)
- Ohio to Spend More Than Annual Transit Budget on Two Planes (WOSU)
- Nancy Pelosi Says House Budget “Ignores Our Crumbling Infrastructure” (The Hill)
- Smart Growth America Asks for Your Letters to Support National Complete Street Policy
- Good Public Transit Helps Local Businesses Tremendously (CityLab)
- New York’s MTA Bans Political Ads on Subways (NYT)
- DC Metro Stands to Lose Big If House Proposal Passes (Next City)
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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