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
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on October 5, 2015
- 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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