Today’s Headlines
How Tampa’s $6B Highway Expansion Will Burden People of Color (Tampa Bay Times) Who’s Going to Win the Smart City Challenge? (CS Monitor, Route 50) VW’s Hardly the Only Carmaker Flouting Pollution Limits (NYT) Foxx Visits Montgomery, AL, Tomorrow for Bus Boycott Symposium (Alabama News) New DC Metro Official Vows to Fix “Gaping Holes” in Safety (WaPo) … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on June 13, 2016
- How Tampa’s $6B Highway Expansion Will Burden People of Color (Tampa Bay Times)
- Who’s Going to Win the Smart City Challenge? (CS Monitor, Route 50)
- VW’s Hardly the Only Carmaker Flouting Pollution Limits (NYT)
- Foxx Visits Montgomery, AL, Tomorrow for Bus Boycott Symposium (Alabama News)
- New DC Metro Official Vows to Fix “Gaping Holes” in Safety (WaPo)
- Alternatives Proposed as Costs Mount for Honolulu Rail (Honolulu Biz Journal)
- Study Highlights Houston’s Transit Challenges (Houston Chron)
- National Review: A Transit Lesson for Conservatives
- Will the “We Love Our Cars” Campaign Threaten Seattle Light Rail? (Next City)
- Freeway Teardown a Possibility for Downtown Dallas (Dallas News)
- Fairfax, VA, Residents Challenge Plans for Higher Density (WaPo)
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