Today’s Headlines
DC Metro Shuts Down for Blizzard (Washingtonian) Will Nashville Go Big With Transit Plans? (Tennessean) How Cheap Gas Prices Spell Trouble for Cities (CityLab) Philly’s Successful Experiment With Using Subway Braking to Generate Power (NYT) GE’s Move to Boston Another Sign of Suburbs’ Frailty (The Week) Drivers Licenses on the Decline (Atlantic) Cincinnati Streetcar Could Expand to Cross the … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EST on January 22, 2016
- DC Metro Shuts Down for Blizzard (Washingtonian)
- Will Nashville Go Big With Transit Plans? (Tennessean)
- How Cheap Gas Prices Spell Trouble for Cities (CityLab)
- Philly’s Successful Experiment With Using Subway Braking to Generate Power (NYT)
- GE’s Move to Boston Another Sign of Suburbs’ Frailty (The Week)
- Drivers Licenses on the Decline (Atlantic)
- Cincinnati Streetcar Could Expand to Cross the River (Cincinnati Biz Journal)
- Cities Are Starting to Act More Like Startups (Fortune)
- Little Rock’s “Campaign to Connect” Pushes Tax for Transit (Arkansas Online)
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