Today’s Headlines
How an Anti-Growth Mentality Threatens Equality (NYT) Fatal Tesla Crash Highlights Lack of Federal Regs for Driverless Cars (LA Times) Philly Area Pulls One-Third of Rail Cars Out of Service Due to Structural Problem (AP) The First Bike-Share Fatality in America Happened in Chicago (Streetsblog Chicago) Has the Silver Line Boom Been Too Much, Too Soon for Tysons? (WaPo) Maryland … Continued
July 5, 2016
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As Feds Investigate First Driverless Car Fatality, NTSB Chief Speaks on Industry’s Challenges (WaPo) Chicago Mayor Gets More Power with Transit TIF Districts (Streetsblog Chicago) GovTech Talks With the Man in Charge of Transportation Innovation in L.A. For the First Time, Oakland Will Have Its Own DOT (Next City) Foxx Expresses Greater Confidence in DC Metro Safety Efforts (WaPo) … Continued
July 1, 2016
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Data From Feds Confirm the Rise in Demand for Central Cities (WaPo) The Guardian Has a Rather Paranoid Take on Sidewalk Labs’ Work in Columbus and Elsewhere Philly, Nashville, Spokane, and Ramsey County Named Winners of DOT Design Challenge (E Turbo News) In Philly, Feds Will Help Reimagine Vine Street Expressway (Inquirer) Study: Homes Near Seattle Light Rail Command a Premium (Seattle Times) … Continued
June 28, 2016
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Clinton at Mayors Conference: Cities Are “Where Things Are Getting Done” (Indy Star) In San Diego, Sales Tax for Transportation Moves to Ballot (KPBS, SD Reader) Anthony Foxx on Why Columbus Won the Smart City Challenge (Forbes) The Importance of Getting Light Rail Right in Downtown Dallas (D Mag) Houston’s $7B Freeway-Widening Plan (Houston Chron) Transit … Continued
June 27, 2016
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Seattle Light Rail Plan Will Go on November Ballot (Seattle Times) In LA, Voters Will Decide on Sales Tax for Transpo (LA Times) Will Driverless Cars Kick People Off the Streets? (Atlantic) …Should They Hit a Pedestrian to Save a Passenger? (NYT) While Columbus Took Big Smart City Prize, Other Finalists Will Also Get Funding (Gov Tech) MARTA to … Continued
June 24, 2016
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Chris Mims: Driverless Cars Will Fuel Suburban Sprawl (WSJ) LA Times: Is Permanent Sales Tax the Answer for Great Transit in LA? Massachusetts’ $14.8B Transit Budget Focuses on Reliability (Globe) Ahead of Fall Vote, Foxx Urges Raleigh to Expand Commuting Options (News Observer) A New Approach to Florida’s Planned Communities (Urban Land) El Paso Thinking Big About Transit (Gov Tech) Detroit’s Bike Projects, Past … Continued
June 21, 2016
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Maryland’s Purple Line Gets $875M Loan from Feds (Progressive Railroading) Legal Battles Continue Over Albuquerque’s BRT (ABQ Journal) Portland Streetcar to Branch Out With New Routes (Oregonian) Why Toronto Transit Beats Chicago’s (Chicago Trib) Car-Free Future Possible for Iconic Street in Toronto (CBC) Dallas’s Downtown Parking Boom (Dallas News) Boston’s Commuter Rail Stations Drive Development (Boston Globe) Cleveland’s … Continued
June 20, 2016
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Will Metro Woes Affect Maryland’s Purple Line Plans? (WTOP, Bethesda Mag) Under Budget Pressure, Honolulu Rail Could Scale Back Five Miles (Civil Beat) Kalamazoo Crash Underscores Urgent Need for Safer Streets (HuffPo) NRDC Checks in From the Live.Ride.Share Conference How Badly Can Car Congestion Damage Miami? (GovTech) Atlanta Has Two Weeks to Address Streetcar Problems (AJC) Two Light … Continued
June 17, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Feds Release $20M for DC Metro Repair Plan (WaPo) …As DC Cyclists Make Lemonade of the Service Cuts (CityLab) How 20 Years of Light Rail Have Transformed Dallas (Dallas Morning News) NJ Lawmakers Push Gas Tax Hike, Christie Doesn’t Buy Transit Funding Concerns (NJ.com, Press of AC) Should Seattle Burbs Help Foot the Bill for Light Rail Tunnel? (Seattle Times) … Continued
June 14, 2016
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How Tampa’s $6B Highway Expansion Will Burden People of Color (Tampa Bay Times) Who’s Going to Win the Smart City Challenge? (CS Monitor, Route 50) VW’s Hardly the Only Carmaker Flouting Pollution Limits (NYT) Foxx Visits Montgomery, AL, Tomorrow for Bus Boycott Symposium (Alabama News) New DC Metro Official Vows to Fix “Gaping Holes” in Safety (WaPo) … Continued
June 13, 2016