Today’s Headlines
NY Times Looks at the Transformative Impact of Atlanta’s BeltLine In Nashville, “Eye-Popping” Pedestrian Bridge Will Link Two Neighborhoods (Tennessean) Slate Covers TransitCenter’s Latest Report on Public Transit and Private Mobility Companies To Save Kids’ Lives, LA Needs Walkable Streets (LA Times) New Proterra Electric Bus Model Can Go 18 Hours Without a Charge (International Biz Times) Feds … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:02 AM EDT on September 13, 2016
- NY Times Looks at the Transformative Impact of Atlanta’s BeltLine
- In Nashville, “Eye-Popping” Pedestrian Bridge Will Link Two Neighborhoods (Tennessean)
- Slate Covers TransitCenter’s Latest Report on Public Transit and Private Mobility Companies
- To Save Kids’ Lives, LA Needs Walkable Streets (LA Times)
- New Proterra Electric Bus Model Can Go 18 Hours Without a Charge (International Biz Times)
- Feds Devote $25M to Safer Railroad Crossings (The Hill)
- Dallas Observer: City Council Seems to Be Growing a Backbone With Its Transit Demands
- Seattle Pilot Program Pairs Affordable Housing With Transit Discounts (Next City)
- Will Houston’s Bike Plan End the Driver vs. Cyclist Wars? (Houston Press)
- A Longtime Amtrak Conductor on How the Job Affects His View of U.S. Society (Atlantic)
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