Today’s Headlines
$1B Cost Spike Could Cripple Boston’s Green Line Extension (Boston Herald) Experts Say Airport-Style Security Unlikely for U.S. Rail (NBC) With Times Square Proposal, a National Model for Public Space is at Risk (CityLab) Uber Tests Carpooling Feature in San Francisco (Fortune) Durham, NC, Makes Headway With Plans for 17-Mile Light Rail (News & Observer) Why … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:56 AM EDT on August 25, 2015
- $1B Cost Spike Could Cripple Boston’s Green Line Extension (Boston Herald)
- Experts Say Airport-Style Security Unlikely for U.S. Rail (NBC)
- With Times Square Proposal, a National Model for Public Space is at Risk (CityLab)
- Uber Tests Carpooling Feature in San Francisco (Fortune)
- Durham, NC, Makes Headway With Plans for 17-Mile Light Rail (News & Observer)
- Why Has D.C. Slowed Down in Installing Bike Lanes? (WaPo)
- Florida Shifts Policy Away From Building New Roads (CityLab)
- Study: Development Trends Often Ignore Land Use Plans (Phys.org)
- Wilmington Crowdsources Its Bike-Share Planning (Technical.ly Delaware)
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