Today’s Headlines
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)
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