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Today’s Headlines

Potential Rail Shutdown Over Safety Tech Would Cost Economy $30B (The Hill) Maneuvering Continues on Transpo Bill as Deadline Nears (WSJ) California High-Speed Rail Could Survive a McCarthy-as-Speaker Scenario (Reuters) WaPo: DC Metro’s “Spectacular Failures” Have Warranted Federal Oversight If the Car’s Been Dethroned, What Next for Cities? (Chicago Trib) San Diego Wants Looser Rules for Affordable … Continued
  • Potential Rail Shutdown Over Safety Tech Would Cost Economy $30B (The Hill)
  • Maneuvering Continues on Transpo Bill as Deadline Nears (WSJ)
  • California High-Speed Rail Could Survive a McCarthy-as-Speaker Scenario (Reuters)
  • WaPo: DC Metro’s “Spectacular Failures” Have Warranted Federal Oversight
  • If the Car’s Been Dethroned, What Next for Cities? (Chicago Trib)
  • San Diego Wants Looser Rules for Affordable Housing Near Transit (Voice of San Diego)
  • AllGov Takes a Close Look at New FRA Head Sarah Feinberg
  • Numbers Show Bike Commuting’s on the Rise (CityLab)
  • Light Rail to Bring Aurora, CO, a Real Downtown (Denver Post)
  • Three Surprising Negatives of Cheap Gas Prices (Motley Fool)
  • What the Politics of Transportation Reform Look Like in Sao Paulo (NYT)

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