Today’s Headlines
In Austin, Voters Shoot Down Uber, Lyft Plan to Self-Regulate (USA Today) Kansas City Celebrates Streetcar Opening After Years of Planning (KC Star) How Did Boston’s Green Line Extension Go Off the Rails? (Boston Globe) Light Rail or Elevated Expressways for Vegas? (Review-Journal) Rail Fans Communicate to DC Metro Riders When WMATA Can’t/Won’t (WTOP) The Push for a … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:56 AM EDT on May 9, 2016
- In Austin, Voters Shoot Down Uber, Lyft Plan to Self-Regulate (USA Today)
- Kansas City Celebrates Streetcar Opening After Years of Planning (KC Star)
- How Did Boston’s Green Line Extension Go Off the Rails? (Boston Globe)
- Light Rail or Elevated Expressways for Vegas? (Review-Journal)
- Rail Fans Communicate to DC Metro Riders When WMATA Can’t/Won’t (WTOP)
- The Push for a Bike Lane at the US-Mexico Border (CityLab)
- Bikeability, Walkability Command a Premium in Philly (Inquirer)
- Europe’s Biggest Railway Works on Self-Driving Cars (Fortune)
- A Cross-Country Journey… on a Citi Bike (Newsweek)
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