Today’s Headlines
Obama Proposes $4 Billion for Self-Driving Cars (NYT) … Gizmodo Lays Out Everything You Should Know About That Hawaii Seeks Development Along $6B Honolulu Rail Route (Pacific Biz News) Researchers Find Link Between Bike Infrastructure and Gentrifying Neighborhoods (WaPo) Austin Leaders Want High-Capacity Transit Proposal for Voters (Austin Biz Journal) Who Killed Durham’s Light Rail Project? (Indy Week) Amtrak Studies … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:21 AM EST on January 15, 2016
- Obama Proposes $4 Billion for Self-Driving Cars (NYT)
- … Gizmodo Lays Out Everything You Should Know About That
- Hawaii Seeks Development Along $6B Honolulu Rail Route (Pacific Biz News)
- Researchers Find Link Between Bike Infrastructure and Gentrifying Neighborhoods (WaPo)
- Austin Leaders Want High-Capacity Transit Proposal for Voters (Austin Biz Journal)
- Who Killed Durham’s Light Rail Project? (Indy Week)
- Amtrak Studies Possible Return to Gulf Coast (Lagniappe Weekly)
- What’s the Chance of a Hacking Breach With the New PTC Rail Tech? (Boston Review)
- Burbank Gets Funds to Study High-Speed Rail Station (LA Times)
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