Today’s Headlines
Looks Like Senate Will Be Working for the Weekend on Transpo Bill (Roll Call) House, Senate Republicans Headed for Showdown (The Hill) Anthony Foxx Sits Down with Politico Foxx Particularly Bullish on Southeast Rail (Fast Lane) Streetsblog’s Ben Fried on Why We Should Knock Down Urban Highways (Politico) Study: Transit Access Not a Primary Factor in … Continued
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Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on July 24, 2015
- Looks Like Senate Will Be Working for the Weekend on Transpo Bill (Roll Call)
- House, Senate Republicans Headed for Showdown (The Hill)
- Anthony Foxx Sits Down with Politico
- Foxx Particularly Bullish on Southeast Rail (Fast Lane)
- Streetsblog’s Ben Fried on Why We Should Knock Down Urban Highways (Politico)
- Study: Transit Access Not a Primary Factor in Gentrification (CityLab)
- St. Louis Looks for Ways to Fund Transit Expansion (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- How Houston Will Revamp Its Entire Bus System Over One Night (Next City)
- What Do Uber and Driverless Cars Mean for the Environment? (HuffPo)
- Honolulu’s TOD Will Increase Parks and Plazas by 660 Percent (Pacific Biz Journal)
- Atlanta Gets a New Top Planner (Creative Loafing)
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