Today’s Headlines
House Buys Time on Transpo Bill With Two-Week Patch (The Hill) U.S. Transit Systems (i.e. Chicago, DC) Ramp Up Security After Paris Attacks (WGNTV, Roll Call) Why California’s High-Speed Rail Money Shouldn’t Go to Roads (CityLab) Funding Secured for Philly Subway Extension, But Some Are “Tired of Studies” (Philly Mag, Biz Journal) Twin Cities Study Finds … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EST on November 17, 2015
- House Buys Time on Transpo Bill With Two-Week Patch (The Hill)
- U.S. Transit Systems (i.e. Chicago, DC) Ramp Up Security After Paris Attacks (WGNTV, Roll Call)
- Why California’s High-Speed Rail Money Shouldn’t Go to Roads (CityLab)
- Funding Secured for Philly Subway Extension, But Some Are “Tired of Studies” (Philly Mag, Biz Journal)
- Twin Cities Study Finds Barriers Between People of Color and Cycling (StarTrib)
- Gut Reactions Explain Why Urbanism Is Pegged as “Liberal” (Urban Edge)
- Feds Hold Back Funding on Honolulu Rail (Pacific Biz News)
- NJ Star-Ledger: Hudson Rail Project Progressing, But Risk of “Traffic Armageddon” Still Looms
- Four Cities Taking Creative Approaches to Parking Challenges (The Line Media)
- In Minnesota, Bike Share Expands to Include … Canoes (Smithsonian)
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