Today’s Headlines
House Looks at Six-Year Transpo Bill, as Blumenauer Pushes for Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) For Paul Ryan, Transpo Bill Could Make for Bumpy First Week as Speaker (NYT) Equity Issues Came to the Forefront at This Year’s “Rail~Volution” (NRDC Switchboard) WaPo: Can Metro’s New GM Fix an Ailing System? BRT Poised to Change the … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EST on November 2, 2015
- House Looks at Six-Year Transpo Bill, as Blumenauer Pushes for Gas Tax Hike (The Hill)
- For Paul Ryan, Transpo Bill Could Make for Bumpy First Week as Speaker (NYT)
- Equity Issues Came to the Forefront at This Year’s “Rail~Volution” (NRDC Switchboard)
- WaPo: Can Metro’s New GM Fix an Ailing System?
- BRT Poised to Change the Transit Picture in Birmingham (AL.com)
- Is Bike-Share Just for Rich People? (CityLab)
- StarTrib: For Twin Cities, the Cost of Doing Nothing Is Greater Than the Cost of Building Transit
- “Beyond Traffic” Forums, Looking 30 Years Ahead, Wrap Up in Denver (Fed News Radio, TI News)
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