Today’s Headlines
Anthony Foxx’s Mission to Heal Damage Caused By Urban Freeways (American Prospect, Pop Mechanics) Opposition in South L.A. Could Undo Transit Ballot Measure (LA Times) Feds Report Mix Results With DC Metro Improvements (WaPo) Maryland’s Purple Line Awaits Possible Judicial Reconsideration (Bethesda Mag) Massachusetts Transpo Secretary Ready to “Get to Scale” Tackling Climate Change (Commonwealth) What Will Become of the Troubled Honolulu … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on October 3, 2016
- Anthony Foxx’s Mission to Heal Damage Caused By Urban Freeways (American Prospect, Pop Mechanics)
- Opposition in South L.A. Could Undo Transit Ballot Measure (LA Times)
- Feds Report Mix Results With DC Metro Improvements (WaPo)
- Maryland’s Purple Line Awaits Possible Judicial Reconsideration (Bethesda Mag)
- Massachusetts Transpo Secretary Ready to “Get to Scale” Tackling Climate Change (Commonwealth)
- What Will Become of the Troubled Honolulu Rail Project? (Honolulu Civil Beat)
- The Atlantic on the Increasing Unsexiness of Cars
- Why Are Feds Hot on Self-Driving Cars But Cool on Drones? (SF Chron)
- Can an Iron Fist Impose Better Traffic Manners? (NYT)
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