Today’s Headlines
- Rahm Emanuel Plows Ahead With Express Rail to O'Hare (Chicago Tribune)
- Only 30 Percent of Downtown Seattle Workers Drive Solo to Work (Seattle Times)
- Florida DOT Builds Its First Protected Bike Lane in Tampa (WPTV)
- North Carolina DOT, Charlotte Install Pedestrian Counters (WCNC)
- Is Austin a "Big City"? (Statesman)
- CA Lawmaker Intros Bill to Kill Boondoggle 710 Highway Tunnel in Pasadena (KPCC)
- Trump Laments Lack of "Fast Trains" in the U.S. (The Hill)
- Bill to Lower Speed Limits in Texas Cities Introduced in State Legislature (Dallas News)
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