Today’s Headlines
In Bay Area, Ford Buys Shuttle Startup, Gets Into Bike-Share (SF Gate) GGW: With Cuts, DC Metro Could Have Most Limited Hours of Any Large U.S. System U.S. DOT’s Largest Loan Ever Goes to Amtrak Upgrades (WaPo) Four Cities Get Foundation Support to “Reimagine the Civic Commons” (Next City) Cincinnati Streetcar Debuted With Free Rides This Weekend (WLWT) … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EDT on September 12, 2016
- In Bay Area, Ford Buys Shuttle Startup, Gets Into Bike-Share (SF Gate)
- GGW: With Cuts, DC Metro Could Have Most Limited Hours of Any Large U.S. System
- U.S. DOT’s Largest Loan Ever Goes to Amtrak Upgrades (WaPo)
- Four Cities Get Foundation Support to “Reimagine the Civic Commons” (Next City)
- Cincinnati Streetcar Debuted With Free Rides This Weekend (WLWT)
- Tampa’s $600M Transpo Plan Focuses on Cars (Tampa Bay Biz Journal)
- Indianapolis Transit Referendum Is Going to Be a Tough Fight (IBJ)
- Hampton Roads, VA, Explores New Transit Corridor (Daily Press)
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