Today’s Headlines
- Portland Launches Its Bike-Share System - 2,300 Trips in First 24 Hours (BikePortland)
- Federal Guidelines for Autonomous Cars Expected This Summer (Yahoo)
- A Suburban Atlanta County That Has Long Shunned Transit Is Preparing to Expand Service (AJC)
- Politico: GOP Platform "Full of Largely Failed Policy Ideas" "Likely to Go Nowhere"
- APTA Opposes GOP's Call to End Federal Transit Funding (Progressive Railroading)
- Homeowners vs. Renters: In Philadelphia, Residents "Self Gerrymandering" (Philly Mag)
- NYT: L.A., "Capital of Car Culture" "Warming to Mass Transit"
- Minneapolis BRT Plan in Turmoil After Suburban County Backs Out (Star Tribune)
- Tesla Wants to Get Into Making Transit Vehicles (Forbes)
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