Today’s Headlines
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 … Continued
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 is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.
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