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Setting Up Outside Boston, China’s Biggest Rail Manufacturer Ready for Business (NYT, Boston Globe) California’s Big Transpo Funding Package: Driver Fee, Gas Tax Hike (AP) TSA Boosts Presence at Rail Stations for Labor Day Weekend (The Hill) L.A.’s a Late Bloomer With Bike-Share, But Will It Become a Leader? (CityLab) Feds Open Dialogue on Speeding Up Transpo … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:59 AM EDT on September 4, 2015

Setting Up Outside Boston, China’s Biggest Rail Manufacturer Ready for Business (NYT, Boston Globe)
California’s Big Transpo Funding Package: Driver Fee, Gas Tax Hike (AP)
TSA Boosts Presence at Rail Stations for Labor Day Weekend (The Hill)
L.A.’s a Late Bloomer With Bike-Share, But Will It Become a Leader? (CityLab)
Feds Open Dialogue on Speeding Up Transpo Projects (Progressive Railroading)
D.C. Metro’s Rail Safety Chief Resigns in Wake of August Derailment (WaPo)
Indianapolis Plans Nation’s First All-Electric BRT By 2018 (Indianapolis Reader)
San Diego Advocates Want More From TOD Policies (San Diego Reader)
Why It’s Good to Have WiFi on Commuter Rail (Fortune)
Advocates Work to Block Michigan Highway Expansion (Bridge MI)

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