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Foxx Appoints Special Adviser on DC Metro Oversight (WaPo) Montgomery County, MD, Speeds Up and Waters Down Its BRT Plans (GGW) Texas High-Speed Rail Fight Heads to Washington (Dallas Observer) Inaugural “Better Bike-Share” Conference Takes Place in Philly Next Month (Next City) Homeland Security Wants More Security Theater on Amtrak (The Hill) Is a Transit Boom on … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:57 AM EDT on May 24, 2016

Foxx Appoints Special Adviser on DC Metro Oversight (WaPo)
Montgomery County, MD, Speeds Up and Waters Down Its BRT Plans (GGW)
Texas High-Speed Rail Fight Heads to Washington (Dallas Observer)
Inaugural “Better Bike-Share” Conference Takes Place in Philly Next Month (Next City)
Homeland Security Wants More Security Theater on Amtrak (The Hill)
Is a Transit Boom on the Way for Metro Detroit? (WDET)
Kansas City Works on TOD Policy to Snag Federal Funds (KSHB)
The “Uber Abstinent” Have Their Reasons (Vice Motherboard)
In Minnesota, Fieldwork Begins for Reviving Northern Lights Rail (StarTrib)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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