Today’s Headlines
Senate Sends Transpo Funding Band-Aid Over to Obama (The Hill) Shuster Vows It’s the Last Short-Term Extension (Equipment World) Former FTA Head Peter Rogoff Takes Charge of Seattle’s Transit Growth (Seattle Times) Rand Paul’s Syrian Refugee Amendment Complicates THUD Bill (Roll Call) Charlotte NC’s Great Train Debate (Politico Mag) DC Metro’s New Boss Faces Mountain of Frustrations … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:56 AM EST on November 20, 2015
- Senate Sends Transpo Funding Band-Aid Over to Obama (The Hill)
- Shuster Vows It’s the Last Short-Term Extension (Equipment World)
- Former FTA Head Peter Rogoff Takes Charge of Seattle’s Transit Growth (Seattle Times)
- Rand Paul’s Syrian Refugee Amendment Complicates THUD Bill (Roll Call)
- Charlotte NC’s Great Train Debate (Politico Mag)
- DC Metro’s New Boss Faces Mountain of Frustrations (WaPo)
- A Big Step Back for Texas High-Speed Rail (CityLab)
- Why Aren’t California’s New Train Stations Attracting More Retail? (USAPP Blog)
- Working to Make Tampa Less Scary for Pedestrians (Creative Loafing Tampa)
- A Civil Rights History of Atlanta, By Bike (Next City)
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