Today’s Headlines
The High Prices of Big-City Living Aren’t Good for Anyone (New Yorker) Biden to Announce New Funding for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (AP) Japan Gives $2M for DC-Washington High-Speed Rail Study (Washington Biz Journal) Seattle Light Rail Sees 76% Increase in Ridership (Seattle PI) GGW: Can the DC Metro Achieve the Culture Change It Needs? With Cheap Gas, … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on August 26, 2016
- The High Prices of Big-City Living Aren’t Good for Anyone (New Yorker)
- Biden to Announce New Funding for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (AP)
- Japan Gives $2M for DC-Washington High-Speed Rail Study (Washington Biz Journal)
- Seattle Light Rail Sees 76% Increase in Ridership (Seattle PI)
- GGW: Can the DC Metro Achieve the Culture Change It Needs?
- With Cheap Gas, Americans Are Driving More (CS Monitor)
- Tennessee Lawmakers Ask for Foxx’s Help With Funding Mixup (Tennessean)
- Time Running Out to Save Twin Cities Light Rail Project (StarTrib)
- Should Downtown Dallas Go for Subway Instead of Light Rail? (Morning News)
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