Today’s Headlines
Americans Drove a Record-Breaking 3.1 Trillion Miles Last Year (AP) Brookings: Obama’s Transportation Budget Would Be a Big Win for Metro Areas NPR Interviews Anthony Foxx on the Future of Self-Driving Cars Mileage Fee Supporters Convene in Washington (The Hill) San Diego’s Big Plan for Downtown Mobility (Next City) NTSB: Wrong Move to Give FTA DC Metro Oversight … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EST on February 23, 2016
- Americans Drove a Record-Breaking 3.1 Trillion Miles Last Year (AP)
- Brookings: Obama’s Transportation Budget Would Be a Big Win for Metro Areas
- NPR Interviews Anthony Foxx on the Future of Self-Driving Cars
- Mileage Fee Supporters Convene in Washington (The Hill)
- San Diego’s Big Plan for Downtown Mobility (Next City)
- NTSB: Wrong Move to Give FTA DC Metro Oversight (WAMU)
- Bad Transit Data Sharpens Divide Between Rich and Poor in New Orleans (Times-Picayune)
- Is Tampa’s Parking Problem Really a Walking Problem? (Tampa Trib)
- CO2 Emissions in Suburbs vs. Downtown in Columbus, OH (Columbus Dispatch)
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