Today’s Headlines
It’s PARK(ing) Day Across the Country, From L.A. to D.C. China Hops on Board Plans for L.A.-to-Vegas High-Speed Rail (LA Times) Senators Grill FRA’s Feinberg on Rail Safety Deadline (NYT) Will Extra Transpo $$ Make Lawmakers Complacent? (The Hill) Foxx: We Need to Move on Southeast High-Speed Rail (News & Observer) Reps Push to Increase Transit Tax Benefit (The … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:01 AM EDT on September 18, 2015
- It’s PARK(ing) Day Across the Country, From L.A. to D.C.
- China Hops on Board Plans for L.A.-to-Vegas High-Speed Rail (LA Times)
- Senators Grill FRA’s Feinberg on Rail Safety Deadline (NYT)
- Will Extra Transpo $$ Make Lawmakers Complacent? (The Hill)
- Foxx: We Need to Move on Southeast High-Speed Rail (News & Observer)
- Reps Push to Increase Transit Tax Benefit (The Hill)
- How Sprawl Got in the Way of California’s Ambitious Climate Bill (Grist)
- Donate Your Car, Get Bike- and Car-Sharing Memberships (Chicago Trib)
- Colorado Governor Boosts Biking With $100M Pledge (Streetsblog Denver)
- Silicon Valley’s New BART Stations Will Include Private Development (SV Biz Journal)
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