Today’s Headlines
2015 Likely Broke the Record for Driving Mileage in America (Fast Lane) Why Is Transit Thriving Despite Cheap Gas and Record Car Sales? (Pacific Standard) What Caused America’s Biggest Train Wreck in Decades? (NYT) Foxx Talks Louisiana Transpo With Gov. Bel Edwards (Times-Picayune) The Push to Redefine Bike-Share as a Form of Transit (Next City) A … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:02 AM EST on January 26, 2016
- 2015 Likely Broke the Record for Driving Mileage in America (Fast Lane)
- Why Is Transit Thriving Despite Cheap Gas and Record Car Sales? (Pacific Standard)
- What Caused America’s Biggest Train Wreck in Decades? (NYT)
- Foxx Talks Louisiana Transpo With Gov. Bel Edwards (Times-Picayune)
- The Push to Redefine Bike-Share as a Form of Transit (Next City)
- A Transportation Vision for Boulder From Its Former Mayor (Daily Camera)
- How Can L.A.’s Griffith Park Open Up for People Instead of Cars? (LA Times)
- Atlanta’s MARTA Expansion Depends on Sales Tax Revenue (Curbed Atlanta)
- A Conversation With the New Head of Transit for Livable Communities in Minnesota (StarTrib)
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