Today’s Headlines
Detroit’s Transit Tax Proposal Flounders (Detroit News) DC Metro Boss Proposes Slashing Late-Night Hours (Washington City Paper) Ruling Expected Today for Route 66 BRT (KRQE) How a Reimagined I-94 Could Reconnect Twin Cities (Fast Lane) Maryland’s Purple Line to Get Funding Sign-Off Next Week (WaPo) Why Portland Took So Long on Bike-Share (City Lab) Plans Advance to Improve … Continued
July 29, 2016
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Next City Provides a Guide to the Democratic Party Platform At DNC, Ride-Hailing Breaks Records and Dems Get to Try Electric Buses (Philly Mag, NGT News) GGW Writers Sound Off on Tim Kaine’s Urbanism Credentials With Feds Backing Away From Texas Rail, Opposition Could Mount (Texas Trib) Rail Advocates Cheer Progress on Northeast Expansion Plans (WAMC) Two South Carolina … Continued
July 26, 2016
Today’s Headlines
What Has VP Nominee Tim Kaine Done for Cities? (CityLab) On the Hunt for a National Testing Site for Self-Driving Cars (NYT) Feds Give Honolulu More Time for Rail Plan (Honolulu Civil Beat) NJ Lawmakers Reach New Deal on Transportation Fund, But Christie Holds Off (WSJ) What Happens to Twin Cities Burbs If Light Rail Doesn’t Come? (StarTrib) … Continued
July 25, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Why Cleveland Won’t Get Much Back From the RNC (Slate) GOP Delegates Split on Climate Change (Scientific American) Congress Has a Month to Sign Off on Funding for Maryland’s Purple Line (WaPo) Minneapolis Light Rail Clears Milestone But Still Lacks Funds (StarTrib) Feds Greenlight BRT for Stretch of Historic Route 66 (AP) Can Nashville Be … Continued
July 22, 2016
Today’s Headlines
How Urban Design Perpetuates Racial Inequality (FastCoDesign) Forget Bells and Whistles — Transit Riders Just Want Good Service (WaPo) Feds, Texas Explore Rail Options for Congested 1-35 Corridor (Dallas Biz Journal) Pokemon Go Crash Highlights the Ongoing Dangers of the Texting-and-Driving Epidemic (WaPo) Grist: What Climate-Friendly Urban Policy Looks Like Will Low Gas Prices Weaken Fuel Economy Standards? (AP) Transit-Oriented Developments … Continued
July 19, 2016
Today’s Headlines
What 100 Mayoral Speeches Say About the State of U.S. Cities (Next City) In San Ysidro, Busiest Border Entry in Western Hemisphere Gets Pedestrian Crossing (Union-Trib) Tesla Asked to Brief Senate on Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash (The Verge) Oregon May Push High-Speed Rail Into Distant Future (Register-Guard) Transit Agencies Use Pokemon Go to Spur Ridership (Progressive Railroading) Northern … Continued
July 18, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Despite Government Buy-In, High-Speed Rail Remains Elusive (The Hill) The “World’s Most Polluted Street” Will Go Car-Free By 2020 (CityLab) DC Ends Unjust Law That Prevented Crash Victims From Collecting Damages (GGW) Feds Start to Unlock Funding for Trans-Hudson Rail Project (WSJ) New San Diego Trolley Line Gets Closer to Reality (LA Times) FTA Inspections Find 1,000+ Safety … Continued
July 15, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Pokémon Go Has More People Walking, But Not Without Hazards (Curbed, NBC NY) Stakes Rise for Self-Driving Car Startups After Tesla Crash (Reuters) Ex-U.S. DOT Exec to Head Hudson River Rail Tunnel Project (WSJ) Survey Says: Pittsburgh Wants More Transit (Post-Gazette) Could Portland See Transpo Measure on the Ballot in 2018? (Bike Portland) Chicago’s Union Station Makeover Moves Forward (Chicago Trib) Review Finds … Continued
July 12, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Black Lives Matter Demonstrators Occupy Streets and Highways, Hundreds Arrested (NPR) Many Cities Put Politically Tricky Transit Issues to Voters (StarTrib) Virginia Unveils Big Plans to “Ease Congestion,” Including Better Rail (WaPo, GGW) Long-Term Projects Take a Hit With Jersey’s Transportation Fund Stalemate (AP) A Colorful Reimagining of an LA Freeway Spur (LA Times) Philly’s SEPTA Foresees Depleted … Continued
July 11, 2016
Today’s Headlines
DOT Effort to Reconnect Communities Severed By Highways Kicks Off in Spokane (Next City) The Connection Between Traffic Stops and Police Shootings (Transportist) Bike-Share Debuts in L.A. (Streetsblog LA, LA Times) Atlanta Residents to Vote on Transpo Sales Tax in November (AJC) Feds Investigate Second Tesla Self-Driving Vehicle Crash (The Hill) Engineering Prof: Why I Still Feel Safe … Continued
July 8, 2016