Today’s Headlines
Philly Commuter Rail Returns to Normal After Three-Month Headache (USA Today) Can Miami Transit Compete With Culture of “Cool Cars”? (Miami New Times) Virginia Beach Light Rail Estimates Now $84M Lower (Pilot) Cincinnati Demands On-Time Service From New Streetcar (Enquirer) …Northern Kentucky Still Wants In on the Cincy Streetcar Action (Soapbox Cincinnati) Uber’s Plan to Take on the … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:03 AM EDT on October 4, 2016
- Philly Commuter Rail Returns to Normal After Three-Month Headache (USA Today)
- Can Miami Transit Compete With Culture of “Cool Cars”? (Miami New Times)
- Virginia Beach Light Rail Estimates Now $84M Lower (Pilot)
- Cincinnati Demands On-Time Service From New Streetcar (Enquirer)
- …Northern Kentucky Still Wants In on the Cincy Streetcar Action (Soapbox Cincinnati)
- Uber’s Plan to Take on the Burbs (BuzzFeed News)
- How a Civil Rights Lawyer Became LA’s Leading Bike Advocate (Bicycling)
- Detroit Transit Tax Faces Opposition Group (Crain’s Detroit)
- New Orleans Opens Streetcar Extension (Progressive Railroading)
- Why South America Laps the U.S. on BRT (GGW)
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