Today’s Headlines
Seattle’s $50B Light Rail Package Will Go to Voters This Fall (The Stranger) Population Shifted to Sunbelt and the Burbs Last Year (CityLab) …While Chicago Saw Greater Losses Than Any Metro Area (Chicago Trib) L.A. Advocates, Citizens Scrutinize $120B Transit Plans (LA Times) How Will California’s High-Speed Rail Fare at the Polls? (Sac Bee) GGW Takes Issue With Turning Rockville … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on March 25, 2016
- Seattle’s $50B Light Rail Package Will Go to Voters This Fall (The Stranger)
- Population Shifted to Sunbelt and the Burbs Last Year (CityLab)
- …While Chicago Saw Greater Losses Than Any Metro Area (Chicago Trib)
- L.A. Advocates, Citizens Scrutinize $120B Transit Plans (LA Times)
- How Will California’s High-Speed Rail Fare at the Polls? (Sac Bee)
- GGW Takes Issue With Turning Rockville Pike Into 18-Lane Mega Street
- Which Factors Make or Break Bike-Share? (USA Today)
- Unraveling the Myth of the Freeloading Cyclist (Momentum Mag)
- How Ride-Sharing Improves Nashville’s Core (Tennessean)
- Detroit Free Press: Naming the New Rail “Q-Line” Misses the Mark
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