Today’s Headlines
DC Metro Boss to Unveil Overhaul Plan for Failing System (WaPo) Feds Investigate Civil Rights Violations in Tampa Highway Project (Tampa Bay Times) Via Carpooling App Raises $137 Million (NY Biz Journal) Ray LaHood Joins Uber’s Powerful New Advisory Board (The Hill, Guardian) U.S. High-Speed Rail Projects Favor Private Funds Over Public (Reuters) Foxx to Discuss Amtrak … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on May 6, 2016
- DC Metro Boss to Unveil Overhaul Plan for Failing System (WaPo)
- Feds Investigate Civil Rights Violations in Tampa Highway Project (Tampa Bay Times)
- Via Carpooling App Raises $137 Million (NY Biz Journal)
- Ray LaHood Joins Uber’s Powerful New Advisory Board (The Hill, Guardian)
- U.S. High-Speed Rail Projects Favor Private Funds Over Public (Reuters)
- Foxx to Discuss Amtrak Upgrades in Vermont (AP)
- What Joel Klotkin’s New Book Gets Wrong About Suburban Sprawl (NRDC)
- Charleston, WV, to See Downtown “Autopods” (AP)
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