Today’s Headlines
- Chao: "Nothing Is Off the Table" for Infrastructure Plan -- But Nothing's on the Table, Either (WDRB)
- People Are Dying on the Streets Because We're Addicted to Cars and BikePortland Is Fed Up
- Rebuffed by TxDOT, Parents of Dead Teen Finally Convince City to Build Sidewalks (Temple Daily Telegram)
- Orlando-Area Highway Authority Trumpets $580 Million Plan to Widen Expressway (Sentinel)
- DART Needs Better Buses to Help Poor Residents Connect With Far-Away Job Centers (Dallas News)
- Tampa Bay Business Leaders Want Elected Officials to Step Up to the Plate for Transit (TB Times)
- Reason Foundation's "Practical Strategies" for Atlanta Transportation Primarily Involve Road Expansion (AJC)
- After Hogan Cancelled Red Line, Baltimore Transit Riders Feel Slighted by Bus Reshuffle (WaPo)
- Amalgamated Transit Union Funds Nascent Riders Interest Group to Sway WMATA Policy (WAMU)
- Honolulu City Council Passes Bill to Prohibit Pedestrians From Using Phones (Hawaii News Now, Mashable)
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