Today’s Headlines
Black Lives Matter Demonstrators Occupy Streets and Highways, Hundreds Arrested (NPR) Many Cities Put Politically Tricky Transit Issues to Voters (StarTrib) Virginia Unveils Big Plans to “Ease Congestion,” Including Better Rail (WaPo, GGW) Long-Term Projects Take a Hit With Jersey’s Transportation Fund Stalemate (AP) A Colorful Reimagining of an LA Freeway Spur (LA Times) Philly’s SEPTA Foresees Depleted … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:03 AM EDT on July 11, 2016
- Black Lives Matter Demonstrators Occupy Streets and Highways, Hundreds Arrested (NPR)
- Many Cities Put Politically Tricky Transit Issues to Voters (StarTrib)
- Virginia Unveils Big Plans to “Ease Congestion,” Including Better Rail (WaPo, GGW)
- Long-Term Projects Take a Hit With Jersey’s Transportation Fund Stalemate (AP)
- A Colorful Reimagining of an LA Freeway Spur (LA Times)
- Philly’s SEPTA Foresees Depleted Service Through Labor Day (Inquirer)
- NRDC Lays Out a New Plan for Clean Transportation
- Miami Beach to Weigh Streetcar Options (Miami Herald)
- In DC, Federal Commuter Transit Benefits May Soon Apply to Uber (WaPo)
- Report Finds Failure to Cooperate on San Diego Bike-Share (San Diego Reader)
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