Today’s Headlines
Why Larger Populations Don’t Equate to Longer Commutes (CityLab) Norton Asks Feds to Ease Funding Shackles for DC Metro (WAMU) Next City Proposes New Year’s Resolutions for Cities, Including: No More Sharrows Boston Transit Board Looks at Fare Hikes (AP) GM’s $500 Million Bet on Lyft and Self-Driving Cars (NYT) Uber and Lyft Face Biggest Test Yet With Vegas … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EST on January 5, 2016
- Why Larger Populations Don’t Equate to Longer Commutes (CityLab)
- Norton Asks Feds to Ease Funding Shackles for DC Metro (WAMU)
- Next City Proposes New Year’s Resolutions for Cities, Including: No More Sharrows
- Boston Transit Board Looks at Fare Hikes (AP)
- GM’s $500 Million Bet on Lyft and Self-Driving Cars (NYT)
- Uber and Lyft Face Biggest Test Yet With Vegas Trade Show Traffic (Bloomberg)
- New Year Brings Gas Tax Changes Across States (Tax Justice Blog)
- Urban Freeway Spells Injustice for Denver’s Latino Neighborhoods (Summit Daily)
- Connecticut “Hopeful But Mystified” on Big Northeast Rail Plans (CT Mirror)
- Germany Introduces Intercity “Bike Autobahn” (CityLab)
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