Today’s Headlines
What’s Foxx’s Legacy as He Heads Into Final Stretch at DOT? (Bloomberg BNA) How Making DC a State Would Help With Metro Woes (The Week) Despite High-Profile Crashes, Trains Are Safer Than Cars (USA Today) Seattle Goes Bigger and Greener With Light Rail (LA Times) FTA Names Successor to Therese McMillan (Progressive RR) Transit-Oriented Development Matures in Philadelphia … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:56 AM EDT on April 5, 2016
- What’s Foxx’s Legacy as He Heads Into Final Stretch at DOT? (Bloomberg BNA)
- How Making DC a State Would Help With Metro Woes (The Week)
- Despite High-Profile Crashes, Trains Are Safer Than Cars (USA Today)
- Seattle Goes Bigger and Greener With Light Rail (LA Times)
- FTA Names Successor to Therese McMillan (Progressive RR)
- Transit-Oriented Development Matures in Philadelphia (Urban Land)
- Albuquerque’s Bus Rapid Transit Project Heads to Court (ABQ Journal)
- Tennessee Bill Would Enable Public-Private Partnerships for Transit Projects (Tennessean)
- Atlanta’s Zoning Rewrite Focuses on Urbanization (Georgia Signal)
- Boston Globe Backs “All-Nighter” Bus Service to Keep Late-Night Transit Alive
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