Today’s Headlines
Foxx Says “No More Excuses,” Appoints Three Safety Experts to D.C. Metro Board (WaPo) FTA to Make Millions Available for On-Demand Mobility Demo Projects (GovTech) West Baltimore’s “Highway to Nowhere” Poised for Makeover With $4.7M From Feds (Biz Journal) Feds Dole Out Green Bus Grants to Seven Transit Agencies (Bond Buyer) What’s Tampa’s Path Forward … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on April 29, 2016
- Foxx Says “No More Excuses,” Appoints Three Safety Experts to D.C. Metro Board (WaPo)
- FTA to Make Millions Available for On-Demand Mobility Demo Projects (GovTech)
- West Baltimore’s “Highway to Nowhere” Poised for Makeover With $4.7M From Feds (Biz Journal)
- Feds Dole Out Green Bus Grants to Seven Transit Agencies (Bond Buyer)
- What’s Tampa’s Path Forward After Nixing Sales Tax for Transit? (Tampa Trib)
- Why Transit and Affordable Housing Should Go Hand in Hand (Mobility Lab)
- BRT Opponents Try to Block Projects in Two Utah Cities (Salt Lake Trib)
- What If Seattle’s Viaduct Closure Isn’t the Traffic Nightmare Everyone’s Expecting? (Crosscut)
- How the Burbs Will Be Different This Time (Treehugger)
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