Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

“Wrestlemania” in DC: Metro vs. Congress (WaPo, NYT) L.A. Mayor Backs Tax Increase for $120B Transit Proposal (AP) New York’s MTA Withdraws From APTA (TransitCenter) Louisville Looks Forward With Mobility Plan — But No Light Rail (Broken Sidewalk, WFPL) Inspector General Report Says FTA Should Be a Better Watchdog (WaPo) The Master Plan for Downtown Vegas (Next City) Looking at California’s High-Speed Rail … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:54 AM EDT on April 15, 2016

“Wrestlemania” in DC: Metro vs. Congress (WaPo, NYT)
L.A. Mayor Backs Tax Increase for $120B Transit Proposal (AP)
New York’s MTA Withdraws From APTA (TransitCenter)
Louisville Looks Forward With Mobility Plan — But No Light Rail (Broken Sidewalk, WFPL)
Inspector General Report Says FTA Should Be a Better Watchdog (WaPo)
The Master Plan for Downtown Vegas (Next City)
Looking at California’s High-Speed Rail as Part of the Big Picture (Silicon Valley Biz Journal)
Feds, Activists Launch First Distracted Driver Awareness Month (TI News Daily)
Anchorage Looks to Urbanize (Anchorage Press)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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