Today’s Headlines
Sen. McConnell Says Bipartisan Transpo Plan Could Be Announced Tomorrow (Transport Topics) Issues Tangled Up in Transpo: Obamacare, Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Ex-Im Bank… (Nat Journal) 81 Transit Groups Prod Congress for More Bus Funding (The Hill) Call It a Car Crash, Not a Car “Accident” (Vox) Will Caltrans Make Good on Its Ambitious Bike Goals? (SF Gate) “Pope … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EDT on July 21, 2015
- Sen. McConnell Says Bipartisan Transpo Plan Could Be Announced Tomorrow (Transport Topics)
- Issues Tangled Up in Transpo: Obamacare, Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Ex-Im Bank… (Nat Journal)
- 81 Transit Groups Prod Congress for More Bus Funding (The Hill)
- Call It a Car Crash, Not a Car “Accident” (Vox)
- Will Caltrans Make Good on Its Ambitious Bike Goals? (SF Gate)
- “Pope Passes” Crash Philadelphia’s Transit Ticket System (Post-Gazette)
- How Motor City Has Evolved Beyond the Car (Model D)
- DC Metro Gets New Fire/Rescue Liaison to Work on Safety (WaPo)
- Self-Driving Cars Get Their Own Little City in Ann Arbor (WSJ, Detroit News)
- Millennials Might Not Be Avoiding the Suburbs, But Postponing Them (D Mag)
- Houston’s Road to Bikeability (Texas Observer)
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