Today’s Headlines
Feds Ease Highway Standards, Increase Local Control for Slower Roads (Houston Chronicle) Barbara Boxer: No Positive Train Control Without a Highway Bill (The Hill) Twin Cities Considers Discount Transit Fares for Low-Income Residents (Star-Trib) Augusta, GA, Looks to Add Transit Service and Better Bus Stops (WAGT) Study: Millennials May Leave the Bay Area Due to … Continued
9:00 AM EDT on October 8, 2015
- Feds Ease Highway Standards, Increase Local Control for Slower Roads (Houston Chronicle)
- Barbara Boxer: No Positive Train Control Without a Highway Bill (The Hill)
- Twin Cities Considers Discount Transit Fares for Low-Income Residents (Star-Trib)
- Augusta, GA, Looks to Add Transit Service and Better Bus Stops (WAGT)
- Study: Millennials May Leave the Bay Area Due to Housing Costs (Urban Land Institute)
- Alcoa Makes a Path for Its Davenport Plant Employees to Bike to Work (Quad City Biz Journal)
- Bike Infrastructure Is an Election Issue in Delaware County (Delco Times)
- Video: China’s Insane Traffic Jams (Gizmodo)
Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.
Read More:
Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.
More from Streetsblog USA
Amtrak’s Penn Station Dog And Pony Show Avoided the Only Question That Matters
How much will this thing cost, and who's paying?
June 9, 2026
Tuesday’s Headlines’ Goal Is Better Transit
The World Cup could lead to improved transit in U.S. host cities well beyond the end of the tournament.
June 9, 2026
Team Newsom Just Created a Massive Transit Funding Crisis. Now the Legislature Needs to Fix It. Again.
To meet climate goals, Californians need alternatives to cars. Unfortunately, Sacramento just made that job much harder.
June 8, 2026
Why, Robot: Driverless Taxis Spend As Much Time Without Passengers as Normal Taxis, Study Shows
Autonomous car boosters say AVs will reduce vehicle miles traveled. But they don't, a new study finds.
June 8, 2026
Monday’s Good, Bad and Ugly Headlines
For the most part, the BUILD America 250 Act runs contrary to what the American public wants.
June 8, 2026
