Today’s Headlines

8:56 AM EDT on October 23, 2015

House Committee Approves $325 Billion, 6-Year Transportation Bill (The Hill)
Virginia Beach Rejects Move to Raid Light Rail Funds (Hampton Roads)
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Presents Plan for $135 Million Frequent Bus System in Baltimore (Sun)
New Funds Approved to Improve Transit Between Detroit and the Burbs (Michigan Radio)
Amendment to House Transpo Bill Would Give Feds Greater Control Over DC Metro (The Hill)
Evanston, Illinois: The Suburb That Tried to Get Rid of the Car (Politico)
Omaha Might Tear Down Historic Buildings for Downtown Parking (Omaha.com)
900 Faulty Nuts Found in Boston's Big Dig Tunnel (Boston.com)
Driver Tweets "I Just Killed a Man" After Collision (WWLTV)

Angie Schmitt is the author of Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, and the former editor of Streetsblog USA.

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