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January 18, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Obama Proposes $4 Billion for Self-Driving Cars (NYT) … Gizmodo Lays Out Everything You Should Know About That Hawaii Seeks Development Along $6B Honolulu Rail Route (Pacific Biz News) Researchers Find Link Between Bike Infrastructure and Gentrifying Neighborhoods (WaPo) Austin Leaders Want High-Capacity Transit Proposal for Voters (Austin Biz Journal) Who Killed Durham’s Light Rail Project? (Indy Week) Amtrak Studies … Continued
January 15, 2016
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Advocates Hope to Hear Obama Talk Infrastructure in State of Union (The Hill) Five States Look to Put a Price on Vehicle-Generated Pollution (Bloomberg) T&I Chair Shuster Announces Bid for Re-election (Public Opinion) New DC Metro Boss Makes Key Appointments, as Feds Take Over Daily Safety Checks (WaPo, The Hill) Philly Sounds Off on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor Plans … Continued
January 12, 2016
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Retiring Amtrak CEO Foresees “More Robust” Rail System (WBUR) Boston Eyes Income-Based Discounts for Transit Riders (Boston Globe) California Governor Steers Rising Cap-and-Trade Funds Toward Transit, Affordable Housing (Gov Tech) Seattle Times Shares Details of Peter Rogoff’s Three-Year Contract for “Non-Stop Work” on Sound Transit Why Aren’t the Feds Working on a National Policy for Driverless Cars? (Gizmodo) … Continued
January 11, 2016
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Foxx: Leave Driverless Car Regs With States for Now (Detroit News) Nike to Sponsor Portland’s “Biketown” Bike-Share (Oregonian) Blumenauer, Buchanan Seek Bike-Share Funding in House (The Hill) House Dems Want States to Find Gas Tax Alternatives (The Hill) Smart City Challenge Winner Will Get High-Tech Buses (Fast Company) MARTA Boss Wants More Support to Expand Transit (AJC) Most … Continued
January 8, 2016
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Why Larger Populations Don’t Equate to Longer Commutes (CityLab) Norton Asks Feds to Ease Funding Shackles for DC Metro (WAMU) Next City Proposes New Year’s Resolutions for Cities, Including: No More Sharrows Boston Transit Board Looks at Fare Hikes (AP) GM’s $500 Million Bet on Lyft and Self-Driving Cars (NYT) Uber and Lyft Face Biggest Test Yet With Vegas … Continued
January 5, 2016
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Janette Sadik-Khan on Bike-Friendly Cities (Bicycling) Atlanta Streetcar Starts Charging Fares After Bumpy First Year (NYT) How Ideological Fears Fuel Anti-Transit Policy (Governing) Can Philly’s New Planning Boss Appeal to All Sides? (Inquirer) Slate of Bike Bills Heads to Massachusetts Statehouse (AP) CityLab on Traffic Myths That Didn’t Get a Rest Last Year What 2015 Meant … Continued
January 4, 2016
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The Good News for Transit in the Omnibus Spending Bill (Progressive Railroading, Railway Age) Chicago Rolls Out Bus Lanes in the Loop (Streetsblog Chicago) Federal Funds Clear Way for Tacoma to Double Light Rail (Puget Sound Biz Journal) Vegas Strip Tragedy Could Affect City’s Talks on Pedestrian Safety (Review Journal) Would Big Fines Actually Improve Traffic Safety in DC? (GGW) The Good, … Continued
December 22, 2015
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NRDC Switchboard Looks Back at the Year in Transportation Policy Vision Unfulfilled: Obama’s Goal for a Nationwide High-Speed Rail Network (The Hill) Demographics Around DC Metro Stops: Increasingly Young, White, Educated (WaPo) After Rocky First Year, Atlanta Streetcar Gets Another Chance in 2016 (AJC) Louisiana’s New Governor Wants New Orleans-to-Baton Rouge Rail (Times-Picayune) Amtrak Debuts PTC … Continued
December 21, 2015
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Three Scenarios for the Future of Northeast Rail (WaPo) Why Isn’t Congress Fully Funding the Life-Saving PTC Technology? (Atlantic) Baltimore Loans Amazon $100M to Fill in Transportation Gaps (Next City) High Costs Aren’t the Only Reason People Move Out of Cities (GGW) How Orlando Failed to Snag Funds for Complete Streets (Center for American Progress) … Continued
December 18, 2015