Today’s Headlines
Is California’s New “Motor Voter” Law Discriminatory? (Daily Caller) DC Metro Board Could Get a Makeover (WAMU) LA Metro CEO: Transit Officials Need to Care About Gentrification (LA Times) The Boston Globe’s Take on the Death of Nashville’s BRT — and Nashville’s Response Planetizen Makes the Case for the Economic Value of Bike Improvements Lyft’s … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EDT on October 13, 2015
- Is California’s New “Motor Voter” Law Discriminatory? (Daily Caller)
- DC Metro Board Could Get a Makeover (WAMU)
- LA Metro CEO: Transit Officials Need to Care About Gentrification (LA Times)
- The Boston Globe’s Take on the Death of Nashville’s BRT — and Nashville’s Response
- Planetizen Makes the Case for the Economic Value of Bike Improvements
- Lyft’s Plans to Build a New Mode of Transport With the Private Car (MIT Tech Review)
- Will USC Employees Drive More Without Subsidized Transit Passes? (LA Times)
- Salt Lake City Wants to Put Housing in the Middle of Extra-Wide Roads (Gizmodo)
- Amtraks Allows Pets on Board on Two Northeastern Lines (WaPo)
- A Small Town in Michigan Embraces Walkability to Reverse Decline (CNU)
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