Today’s Headlines
Carper Proposes Nearly Doubling the Gas Tax (The Hill) Private Rail Group Wants High-Speed Link From Chicago to Twin Cities (Post Bulletin) While Another Private Company Wants a Worcester-Providence Line (AP) Boston, North Carolina Get New Transpo Chiefs (Boston Globe, AP) With Hearings Planned for NJ Transit Delays, Telecommuting Offered as Solution (NJ.com, Bloomberg) How $500M Made … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EDT on August 7, 2015
- Carper Proposes Nearly Doubling the Gas Tax (The Hill)
- Private Rail Group Wants High-Speed Link From Chicago to Twin Cities (Post Bulletin)
- While Another Private Company Wants a Worcester-Providence Line (AP)
- Boston, North Carolina Get New Transpo Chiefs (Boston Globe, AP)
- With Hearings Planned for NJ Transit Delays, Telecommuting Offered as Solution (NJ.com, Bloomberg)
- How $500M Made Indianapolis More Walkable (Next City)
- Light Rail Viability Key Issue for Phoenix Mayoral Race (AZ Central)
- AECom May Have to Pay $700M Settlement for Incorrect Traffic Forecasts (The Australian)
- All Aboard Florida Gets Key Vote to Issue Tax-Exempt Bonds (Orlando Sentinel)
- Bike-Share Continues to Grow in Houston (Chron)
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