Today’s Headlines
Patchwork Fixes for Transpo Funding Are Just Business as Usual Now (McClatchy) Congress’s Proposals Get Attacked From All Sides (The Hill) How Highways and Railroads Created Racial Divides in U.S. Cities (WaPo) DC Metro to Go Under Congressional Scrutiny Again (Roll Call) NYT: Limiting Uber and Lyft Won’t Solve Congestion Ambitious Idea for Transit Village in … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EDT on July 20, 2015
- Patchwork Fixes for Transpo Funding Are Just Business as Usual Now (McClatchy)
- Congress’s Proposals Get Attacked From All Sides (The Hill)
- How Highways and Railroads Created Racial Divides in U.S. Cities (WaPo)
- DC Metro to Go Under Congressional Scrutiny Again (Roll Call)
- NYT: Limiting Uber and Lyft Won’t Solve Congestion
- Ambitious Idea for Transit Village in East Oakland Goes Off Track (SF Chronicle)
- Will the Money Be There to Build the Purple Line in Maryland? (WaPo)
- Minneapolis Relaxes Parking Rules to Bring More Affordable Housing (Next City)
- Utah Gives Incentives for Biking to Rail Stations (Planetizen)
- Atlanta Hopes for TIGER Grant to Expand Streetcar (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
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