Today’s Headlines
Feds Get New Oversight Powers for Transit System Safety (The Hill) Ohio Transit Nears Financial Crisis Without Revenue From Canceled Statewide Tax (Plain Dealer) Texas Congressman: Austin-San Antonio Rail Not Dead Yet (San Antonio Biz Journal) Baltimore Lands Federal Grant for Bus Lanes on Major Avenue (WBAL) Austin Gives Initial OK for $720M Transit Bond on Ballot (Statesman) Portland’s Biketown … Continued
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Katie Pearce
9:02 AM EDT on August 15, 2016
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- Feds Get New Oversight Powers for Transit System Safety (The Hill)
- Ohio Transit Nears Financial Crisis Without Revenue From Canceled Statewide Tax (Plain Dealer)
- Texas Congressman: Austin-San Antonio Rail Not Dead Yet (San Antonio Biz Journal)
- Baltimore Lands Federal Grant for Bus Lanes on Major Avenue (WBAL)
- Austin Gives Initial OK for $720M Transit Bond on Ballot (Statesman)
- Portland’s Biketown Sees Early Success (KATU)
- American Prospect Q&A With Eno Center on Federal Transpo Issues
- Ventura County Needs Smarter Anti-Sprawl Strategies (SF Gate)
- El Paso May Add Nearly 1,000 Miles of Bike Lanes (El Paso Development News)
- Pennsylvania Preps for Driverless Cars (Gov Tech)
- Rio Doesn’t See Olympic-Sized Boost for Local Biking (Next City)
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