Today’s Headlines
WaPo: Don’t Dismiss Obama’s Transportation Proposal 77 Cities Respond to DOT’s Smart City Challenge (CNET) Feds Threaten to Yank DC Metro Funding Over Safety (WaPo) Richmond, Virginia, Approves $49M BRT Project (Richmond Times-Dispatch) What Mexico City’s BRT Can Teach Chicago (Chicago Reader via Streetsblog Chicago) Poll: Majority Aren’t Ready to Embrace Self-Driving Cars (The Hill) Vegas Preps to … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EST on February 9, 2016
- WaPo: Don’t Dismiss Obama’s Transportation Proposal
- 77 Cities Respond to DOT’s Smart City Challenge (CNET)
- Feds Threaten to Yank DC Metro Funding Over Safety (WaPo)
- Richmond, Virginia, Approves $49M BRT Project (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
- What Mexico City’s BRT Can Teach Chicago (Chicago Reader via Streetsblog Chicago)
- Poll: Majority Aren’t Ready to Embrace Self-Driving Cars (The Hill)
- Vegas Preps to Unroll Bike-Share (Las Vegas Sun)
- Detroit Transit Authority to Campaign for Tax-for-Transit (Detroit News)
- Architects Dream of Building a Park and Affordable Housing Atop Seattle Highway (Co.Exist)
- Will Cincinnati Kill or Expand Protected Bike Lanes? (Cincy Enquirer)
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