Today’s Headlines
After Four Mayoral Terms, D.C. Streetcar Will Officially Start Running Next Saturday (WaPo) Gizmodo: It’s Cars, Not Smartphones, That Kill Pedestrians Emanuel’s Plan for Chicago: Expand Downtown While Investing in Poor Neighborhoods (Chicago Trib) Biden Celebrates 7th Anniversary of the Stimulus Act (StarTrib) Amtrak Requests $1.8B for Next Fiscal Year (The Hill) California to Test New … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EST on February 19, 2016
- After Four Mayoral Terms, D.C. Streetcar Will Officially Start Running Next Saturday (WaPo)
- Gizmodo: It’s Cars, Not Smartphones, That Kill Pedestrians
- Emanuel’s Plan for Chicago: Expand Downtown While Investing in Poor Neighborhoods (Chicago Trib)
- Biden Celebrates 7th Anniversary of the Stimulus Act (StarTrib)
- Amtrak Requests $1.8B for Next Fiscal Year (The Hill)
- California to Test New Mileage Fees to Replace Gas Tax (SF Chron)
- What’s Austin’s Priority: Density or Affordability? (Austin Chron)
- Virginia Beach Has Until April to Commit to Light Rail (Pilot)
- Houston’s Ambitious Bike Plan (Off Cite)
- Imagining TOD in Upstate South Carolina (Upstate Biz Journal)
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