Today’s Headlines
Janette Sadik-Khan on Bike-Friendly Cities (Bicycling) Atlanta Streetcar Starts Charging Fares After Bumpy First Year (NYT) How Ideological Fears Fuel Anti-Transit Policy (Governing) Can Philly’s New Planning Boss Appeal to All Sides? (Inquirer) Slate of Bike Bills Heads to Massachusetts Statehouse (AP) CityLab on Traffic Myths That Didn’t Get a Rest Last Year What 2015 Meant … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:49 AM EST on January 4, 2016
- Janette Sadik-Khan on Bike-Friendly Cities (Bicycling)
- Atlanta Streetcar Starts Charging Fares After Bumpy First Year (NYT)
- How Ideological Fears Fuel Anti-Transit Policy (Governing)
- Can Philly’s New Planning Boss Appeal to All Sides? (Inquirer)
- Slate of Bike Bills Heads to Massachusetts Statehouse (AP)
- CityLab on Traffic Myths That Didn’t Get a Rest Last Year
- What 2015 Meant for Transpo Research, FTA Achievements (Fast Lane)
- Coming Soon: Seattle’s Light Rail Extension (AP)
- Suburb-to-Suburb Transit Launches in Twin Cities (KSTP)
- 2015’s Big Philanthropy Trend: Green Giving to Cities (Inside Philanthropy)
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