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Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on July 31, 2015

    • Senate Clears That Three-Month Patch for Transpo (Politico)
    • Pelosi: "How Can We Leave Doing That?" (The Hill)
    • States Swamp DOT With TIGER Requests (Transport Topics)
    • U.S. News & World Report: Private Sector Should Fill the Gap With Transpo Funding
    • Sen. Casey Calls for More Federal Rail Inspectors (Observer-Reporter)
    • Failing Northeast Rail Corridor Demands Solutions (Route Fifty)
    • ... But the Gateway Tunnel Seems to Be "Going Nowhere Fast" (NJ Spotlight)
    • L.A.'s Plan to Bring Car-Sharing to Low-Income Neighborhoods (CityLab)
    • Boston's New Idea: Park, Then Pedal, to Work (Boston Globe)
    • Charlotte, NC Studies Rail, Streetcar Options (WSOC)
    • Tampa Could Charge Developers More for Sprawl (Tampa Bay Times)
    •  APTA's July Report: Average American Can Save Nearly $9,500 a Year Switching to Transit

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