Today’s Headlines
Feds Get a Mountain of Opinions on Driverless Cars (WaPo, The Verge) Why Does It Take a Crisis for Americans to Care About Infrastructure? (New Yorker) Amtrak Safety Lapses Found, as Feds Order Retraining of Workers (WSJ, Philly Biz Journal) Transit Systems Look to Uber, Lyft to Provide Services for Disabled (AP) Atlanta Transit Projects Compete for Funding … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on April 11, 2016
- Feds Get a Mountain of Opinions on Driverless Cars (WaPo, The Verge)
- Why Does It Take a Crisis for Americans to Care About Infrastructure? (New Yorker)
- Amtrak Safety Lapses Found, as Feds Order Retraining of Workers (WSJ, Philly Biz Journal)
- Transit Systems Look to Uber, Lyft to Provide Services for Disabled (AP)
- Atlanta Transit Projects Compete for Funding (AJC)
- Planning Light Rail to the Norfolk Naval Station (Pilot)
- DC Metro Board Chair: System Needs Dedicated Funding, More $ From Feds (WaPo)
- Transforming LA’s Union Station Into an Urban Destination (LA Times)
- Cities Get Directly Involved in Creating Transit Apps (GovTech)
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