Today’s Headlines
Congress Steps in to Kickstart DC Metro Safety Commission (WTOP) Slate: If Chao Slashes Bay Area Rail Funds, We’ll Know She’s Politicizing Transpo No Need to Demonize Driving, Just Stop Subsidizing It (CityLab) Killing a Regional Transit Board Could Save Twin Cities Transit (MinnPost) NJ Dems Introduce Train Audit Bill in Response to Deadly Crash (The … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EST on February 17, 2017
- Congress Steps in to Kickstart DC Metro Safety Commission (WTOP)
- Slate: If Chao Slashes Bay Area Rail Funds, We’ll Know She’s Politicizing Transpo
- No Need to Demonize Driving, Just Stop Subsidizing It (CityLab)
- Killing a Regional Transit Board Could Save Twin Cities Transit (MinnPost)
- NJ Dems Introduce Train Audit Bill in Response to Deadly Crash (The Hill)
- To Speed Up Buses, Let People Use All the Doors (GGW)
- Will the Highway By Trenton’s Waterfront Stay or Go? (Next City)
- Cleveland Moves Closer to Reopening Public Square to Buses (Plain Dealer)
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