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Pew Research Center Looks at Who’s Using Transit in the U.S. After Sunday’s Amtrak Crash, Feds Order Safety Review (WaPo) Maryland’s Purple Line, Contract Now Approved, Will Have Longest Rail Cars in U.S. (WaPo, GGW) How California Environmental Law Blocks Bike Lanes (LA Times) San Antonio Among Nine Cities To Get TOD Boost From Feds (SA Biz Journal, Smart Growth America) … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:56 AM EDT on April 8, 2016

Pew Research Center Looks at Who’s Using Transit in the U.S.
After Sunday’s Amtrak Crash, Feds Order Safety Review (WaPo)
Maryland’s Purple Line, Contract Now Approved, Will Have Longest Rail Cars in U.S. (WaPo, GGW)
How California Environmental Law Blocks Bike Lanes (LA Times)
San Antonio Among Nine Cities To Get TOD Boost From Feds (SA Biz Journal, Smart Growth America)
Rebecca Solnit: We Don’t Need Driverless Cars — We Need to Ditch Cars (Guardian)
Audit Finds Safety, Maintenance Problems With DC Circulator Buses (WTOP)
Mobility Lab: Congestion Pricing Can Help Solve “America’s Bread Line”
America Sees Fewest 16-Year-Old Drivers Since 1960s (CityLab)
Ride-Sharing Can Help Patch Transit for Nashville, But It Can’t Do It All (Nashville Biz Journal)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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