Today’s Headlines
Next City Provides a Guide to the Democratic Party Platform At DNC, Ride-Hailing Breaks Records and Dems Get to Try Electric Buses (Philly Mag, NGT News) GGW Writers Sound Off on Tim Kaine’s Urbanism Credentials With Feds Backing Away From Texas Rail, Opposition Could Mount (Texas Trib) Rail Advocates Cheer Progress on Northeast Expansion Plans (WAMC) Two South Carolina … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on July 26, 2016
- Next City Provides a Guide to the Democratic Party Platform
- At DNC, Ride-Hailing Breaks Records and Dems Get to Try Electric Buses (Philly Mag, NGT News)
- GGW Writers Sound Off on Tim Kaine’s Urbanism Credentials
- With Feds Backing Away From Texas Rail, Opposition Could Mount (Texas Trib)
- Rail Advocates Cheer Progress on Northeast Expansion Plans (WAMC)
- Two South Carolina Mayors Agree That Transit Is Lacking (Charleston Biz Journal)
- People for Bikes Campaign to Boost Cycling in 10 Cities (Curbed)
- Mobile, Alabama, Presses for Amtrak Stop (AL.com)
- APTA Recognizes Six Transit Agencies for Sustainability Progress
- Where Tucson’s Streetcar Stands at 2nd Anniversary (AZ Daily Star)
- Jersey Shore Mayor Wants to Rob Pedestrians of the Right of Way (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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