Today’s Headlines
Feds to Oversee Safety of Local Transit Systems (The Hill) Funds for Canceled Red Line Can’t Be Used for Other Baltimore Projects (Progressive RR) If Houston’s Major Bus Overhaul Works, It Could Be a Model for Car-Addicted Cities (Chron, Daily Beast) Cuomo Continues to Balk Over Hudson River Tunnel Project (AP) Miami Takes Transportation Lessons from Denver (Miami … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:02 AM EDT on August 17, 2015
- Feds to Oversee Safety of Local Transit Systems (The Hill)
- Funds for Canceled Red Line Can’t Be Used for Other Baltimore Projects (Progressive RR)
- If Houston’s Major Bus Overhaul Works, It Could Be a Model for Car-Addicted Cities (Chron, Daily Beast)
- Cuomo Continues to Balk Over Hudson River Tunnel Project (AP)
- Miami Takes Transportation Lessons from Denver (Miami Herald, South Florida Biz Journal)
- Tennessee Leaders at Odds Over Gas Tax Hike (AP)
- GGW Calls for Greater Responsibility From DC Metro Board
- Seattle Experiments With Subsidized Bike-Share Memberships (Next City)
- Funding Moves Forward for SunRail Extension in Florida (Orlando Biz Journal)
- A Call for Pedestrian-Friendly Streets in Detroit (Michigan Radio)
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