Today’s Headlines
DC-Area Leaders Hate the Idea of Prolonged Metro Shutdowns – But They Accept It (WaPo) GGW On How Such Shutdowns Could Work With Substitute Transit Routes Why Has the U.S. Let Its Transit Slip This Far? (The Conversation) How Massachusetts’ Unlikely Transit Boss Is Making It Work (Gov Tech) North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law May Compel Feds to Withhold Transpo Funding … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:51 AM EDT on April 1, 2016
- DC-Area Leaders Hate the Idea of Prolonged Metro Shutdowns – But They Accept It (WaPo)
- GGW On How Such Shutdowns Could Work With Substitute Transit Routes
- Why Has the U.S. Let Its Transit Slip This Far? (The Conversation)
- How Massachusetts’ Unlikely Transit Boss Is Making It Work (Gov Tech)
- North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law May Compel Feds to Withhold Transpo Funding (WSOC)
- Christie Vows No Fare Hike for NJ Transit Commuters (AP)
- Cost of Building Maryland’s Purple Line May Exceed Initial Estimate (Washington Biz Journal)
- Judge Greenlights Uber Surge-Pricing Lawsuit (Bloomberg)
- Portland-Area Employers Speak Out on Southwest Corridor Transit Decisions (Oregon Metro)
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