Today’s Headlines
Senate Panel Backs $100M for Modernizing Chicago’s Red, Purple Lines (Chicago Trib) Newly Appointed NJ Transit Chief Backs Out of Job (NYT, NJ.com) In DC, Is WMATA Riders’ Advocacy Group Done For? (WaPo) California High-Speed Rail Officials Tweak Business Plan (AP) NACTO Offers Guidance on Where to Place Bike-Share Stations (Next City) Uber Reaches Settlement in Driver Status Suits in California, Massachusetts … Continued
April 22, 2016
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Foxx and Entourage Soak Up Danish Cycling Culture as Part of Smart City Tour (Statesman, CPH Post) Feds Outline New Rules for States to Measure Congestion (The Hill) Conservative Group Spends Big to Boost Shuster in Tough Primary (The Hill, Politico) Senate Panel to Take Up 2017 Transpo Spending (Transport Topics) Grist: What Hillary and Bernie’s Subway Adventures Really … Continued
April 19, 2016
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Low Gas Prices Leave Northern Virginia Scrambling for Transit Money (WaPo) New Orleans Expands Transit With Round-the-Clock Service (Times-Picayune) Denver’s Airport Rail Line Opens Friday (Denver Post) Quick-Build Bike Projects Are Trending (Next City, Wired) Al Franken Urges Minnesota to Act on Light Rail (StarTrib) Population Rebounds NJ Transit Stations (Asbury Park Press) Detroit Voters Weigh BRT, Airport … Continued
April 18, 2016
Today’s Headlines
“Wrestlemania” in DC: Metro vs. Congress (WaPo, NYT) L.A. Mayor Backs Tax Increase for $120B Transit Proposal (AP) New York’s MTA Withdraws From APTA (TransitCenter) Louisville Looks Forward With Mobility Plan — But No Light Rail (Broken Sidewalk, WFPL) Inspector General Report Says FTA Should Be a Better Watchdog (WaPo) The Master Plan for Downtown Vegas (Next City) Looking at California’s High-Speed Rail … Continued
April 15, 2016
Today’s Headlines
What Will the Next President Do for Transit? (Next City) The Atlantic Looks at the Toll of Commuting to Better Schools in Detroit Seattle Sees Biggest Rise in Bus Ridership of Any U.S. City (Seattle Times) Surveillance of NJ Transit Raises Privacy Concerns (NJ.com) Kansas City Plans Development Around BRT, With Help From Feds (Next City) D.C. Circulator Problems … Continued
April 12, 2016
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Feds Get a Mountain of Opinions on Driverless Cars (WaPo, The Verge) Why Does It Take a Crisis for Americans to Care About Infrastructure? (New Yorker) Amtrak Safety Lapses Found, as Feds Order Retraining of Workers (WSJ, Philly Biz Journal) Transit Systems Look to Uber, Lyft to Provide Services for Disabled (AP) Atlanta Transit Projects Compete for Funding … Continued
April 11, 2016
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Pew Research Center Looks at Who’s Using Transit in the U.S. After Sunday’s Amtrak Crash, Feds Order Safety Review (WaPo) Maryland’s Purple Line, Contract Now Approved, Will Have Longest Rail Cars in U.S. (WaPo, GGW) How California Environmental Law Blocks Bike Lanes (LA Times) San Antonio Among Nine Cities To Get TOD Boost From Feds (SA Biz Journal, Smart Growth America) … Continued
April 8, 2016
Today’s Headlines
What’s Foxx’s Legacy as He Heads Into Final Stretch at DOT? (Bloomberg BNA) How Making DC a State Would Help With Metro Woes (The Week) Despite High-Profile Crashes, Trains Are Safer Than Cars (USA Today) Seattle Goes Bigger and Greener With Light Rail (LA Times) FTA Names Successor to Therese McMillan (Progressive RR) Transit-Oriented Development Matures in Philadelphia … Continued
April 5, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Amtrak Crash Outside Philly Kills Two Track Workers (NYT) What the Hudson River Gateway Project Means for Intercity Rail (Next City) Foxx Takes His Message on Urban Highways to the Diane Rehm Show Turning 40, DC Metro Faces a Midlife Crisis (NYT) Things Could Be Worse for DC — Just Look at Boston (American Prospect) Cincinnati Streetcar to Start Running Next Week (Cincinnati … Continued
April 4, 2016
Today’s Headlines
DC-Area Leaders Hate the Idea of Prolonged Metro Shutdowns – But They Accept It (WaPo) GGW On How Such Shutdowns Could Work With Substitute Transit Routes Why Has the U.S. Let Its Transit Slip This Far? (The Conversation) How Massachusetts’ Unlikely Transit Boss Is Making It Work (Gov Tech) North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law May Compel Feds to Withhold Transpo Funding … Continued
April 1, 2016