Today’s Headlines
High-Speed Rail Could Connect Four Southeast States (AP) Foxx Chastises Lawmakers as They Scramble to Meet May 31 Transpo Funding Deadline (The Hill) Bike to Work Week and Infrastructure Week Start Today (Time, Progressive Railroading) Purple Line an “Inherently Political” Decision for Maryland Gov Hogan (WaPo) Fare for California High-Speed Rail Could Be a Real Bargain (LA Times) … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on May 11, 2015
- High-Speed Rail Could Connect Four Southeast States (AP)
- Foxx Chastises Lawmakers as They Scramble to Meet May 31 Transpo Funding Deadline (The Hill)
- Bike to Work Week and Infrastructure Week Start Today (Time, Progressive Railroading)
- Purple Line an “Inherently Political” Decision for Maryland Gov Hogan (WaPo)
- Fare for California High-Speed Rail Could Be a Real Bargain (LA Times)
- DC Metro’s Money Woes Might Spell Trouble Soon (WaPo)
- Chicago Trib Pens a Welcome Letter to New CTA Head, But Warns “Watch Your Step”
- Detroit to Lay Out Master Plan for Regional Transit (Crain’s Detroit)
- Santa Barbara Looks at Its Cycling Future (SB Independent)
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