Today’s Headlines
What Has VP Nominee Tim Kaine Done for Cities? (CityLab) On the Hunt for a National Testing Site for Self-Driving Cars (NYT) Feds Give Honolulu More Time for Rail Plan (Honolulu Civil Beat) NJ Lawmakers Reach New Deal on Transportation Fund, But Christie Holds Off (WSJ) What Happens to Twin Cities Burbs If Light Rail Doesn’t Come? (StarTrib) … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on July 25, 2016
- What Has VP Nominee Tim Kaine Done for Cities? (CityLab)
- On the Hunt for a National Testing Site for Self-Driving Cars (NYT)
- Feds Give Honolulu More Time for Rail Plan (Honolulu Civil Beat)
- NJ Lawmakers Reach New Deal on Transportation Fund, But Christie Holds Off (WSJ)
- What Happens to Twin Cities Burbs If Light Rail Doesn’t Come? (StarTrib)
- Sacramento Reshapes Transit for New Downtown Arena (CBS Sacramento)
- As People Bike More in Pittsburgh, More Cyclists Are Injured (Trib-Review)
- Another Pokemon Go Crash Highlights the Distracted Driving Menace (WaPo)
- Even Rural Montana Relies on Transit (Montana Standard)
- After Boston’s Worst Winter, How Should MBTA Gauge Progress? (Boston Globe)
- Chattanooga Bike-Share Turns Four (Times Free Press)
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