Today’s Headlines
U.S. DOT Makes $266 Million in Bus Funding Available (Mass Transit Magazine) Senators: D.C. Metro Needs $150 Million to Deal With Safety Issues (Roll Call) U.S. Conference of Mayors Commends Anthony Foxx’s New Focus on Opportunity (eurweb) Orange County Streetcar Moving Closer to Design and Construction (Mass Transit Magazine) Suburban Detroiters Resist BRT Plans (The … Continued
8:56 AM EDT on March 31, 2016
- U.S. DOT Makes $266 Million in Bus Funding Available (Mass Transit Magazine)
- Senators: D.C. Metro Needs $150 Million to Deal With Safety Issues (Roll Call)
- U.S. Conference of Mayors Commends Anthony Foxx’s New Focus on Opportunity (eurweb)
- Orange County Streetcar Moving Closer to Design and Construction (Mass Transit Magazine)
- Suburban Detroiters Resist BRT Plans (The Oakland Press)
- Smart Growth Advocate to Run Against Detroit Suburbs’ “Sprawl King” (The Oakland Press)
- SFGate: Sometimes Bikes Slow Down Cars and That’s Okay
- A Pregnant Woman Explains Why She’s Still Pedaling (Momentum)
- Miami-Dade’s $115M Plan to Modernize Transit Has Turned Into a Bus-vs-Rail Fight (Miami Herald)
Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.
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