Today’s Headlines
Senate Advances Six-Year Transpo Bill That House Doesn’t Plan to Take Up (The Hill) Boxer Goes Rogue in Pushing for GOP-Backed Measure (Politico) Foxx Hopes to Spur Action on New Hudson River Rail Tunnels (NYT) Year-Old Silver Line Seen as Catalyst in DC, Despite Not Meeting Ridership Projections (WaPo) A Bipartisan Plan to Steer More Transpo Dollars to Local … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:54 AM EDT on July 28, 2015
- Senate Advances Six-Year Transpo Bill That House Doesn’t Plan to Take Up (The Hill)
- Boxer Goes Rogue in Pushing for GOP-Backed Measure (Politico)
- Foxx Hopes to Spur Action on New Hudson River Rail Tunnels (NYT)
- Year-Old Silver Line Seen as Catalyst in DC, Despite Not Meeting Ridership Projections (WaPo)
- A Bipartisan Plan to Steer More Transpo Dollars to Local Communities (T4America)
- Transit Agencies, APTA Mark 25 Years of American With Disabilities Act (Progressive Railroading)
- Without Olympic Aspirations, How Will Boston Develop? (Boston Globe)
- From Motor City to Bike City (Detroit Free Press)
- Miami’s New Transit Chief Dreams of a “Car-Optional” City (Miami New Times)
- Green Line Spawns Vision for Twin Cities Innovation District (The Line Media)
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