Today’s Headlines
Uber Becomes Vital Issue for Democratic Presidential Hopefuls (WaPo) U.S. Census: Three-Fourths of Americans Drive Solo to Work Metro New York Faces “Transportation Armageddon” With Aging Rail Tubes (CityLab) Phoenix Could Boost Light Rail, Cycling With New Sales Tax (AZ Central) DC-Area Lawmakers Blast Metro for Last Week’s “Unacceptable” Derailment (The Hill) Cycling Deaths Have Fallen for Kids, … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EDT on August 14, 2015
- Uber Becomes Vital Issue for Democratic Presidential Hopefuls (WaPo)
- U.S. Census: Three-Fourths of Americans Drive Solo to Work
- Metro New York Faces “Transportation Armageddon” With Aging Rail Tubes (CityLab)
- Phoenix Could Boost Light Rail, Cycling With New Sales Tax (AZ Central)
- DC-Area Lawmakers Blast Metro for Last Week’s “Unacceptable” Derailment (The Hill)
- Cycling Deaths Have Fallen for Kids, But Not for Adults (Bloomberg)
- Amazon Looks Into Using Public Transit for Package Pickups (GeekWire)
- Better Chicago-Cincinnati Rail Could Come From FRA Study (Cincinnati Biz Journal)
- Orange County Commits $56M to Streetcar (OC Register)
- Chicago Seniors Take a Liking to Biking (Chicago Trib)
- Prince George’s County Promises $20M to Purple Line in Maryland (WaPo)
- Omaha Goes Fancy With New BRT Stations (Omaha World-Herald)
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