Today’s Headlines
How Equity Can Factor Into Downtown Revitalization (Next City) Seattle’s the First U.S. City to Let Uber, Lyft Drivers Unionize (Seattle Times) In The Hill, Former Transpo Secretaries Praise Bipartisan Bill Connecticut Plays Key Role in Amtrak’s Scheme to Modernize (Hartford Courant) Downtown Chicago Gets Its First BRT Corridor Next Week (Streetsblog Chicago) U.S. Sees … Continued
December 15, 2015
Today’s Headlines
What COP-21 Means for Cities (Next City) It Hasn’t Been the Best Year for Boston Transit (Boston Globe) The $12 Billion Plan for a More Multi-Modal Las Vegas (AP) Does FTA Have the Tools to Handle Oversight of D.C. Metro? (WaPo) Ford Goes Into the Ride-Sharing Biz (Reuters) When Did We Stop Thinking of Cities as Villains … Continued
December 14, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Boston Investigates Runaway Red Line Train (Boston Globe) Atlanta’s Ambitious Streetcar Plan Could Cost Billions (AJC) Gizmodo: Banning Cars From Urban Centers Would BE Great for Climate Anti-Toll Groups See New Transpo Bill as Victory (Land Line) Transpo Bill Increases Cap on Amtrak Payments to Families of Train Crash Victims (WaPo) Amtrak CEO Announces Retirement (Progressive Railroading) … Continued
December 11, 2015
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DOT Dangles $40M Prize for Reimagining the American City (WaPo) You Can’t Ignore Transportation as a Key Piece of the Climate Puzzle (Devex) Good News and Bad News for Cities in the New Transpo Bill (CityLab) Transpo Bill a Boon for Hudson River Rail Project (NYT) Supporters of Mileage-Based Gas Tax See Opportunity (The Hill) Atlanta Bike-Share … Continued
December 8, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Obama Signs $305 Billion Five-Year Transportation Bill (The Hill) What Did Lobbyists Get Out of the Bill? (NRDC Switchboard) Money-Losing Amtrak Routes Could Be Opened Up to Private Competition (WSJ) Minnesota’s Growing Divide Between Urban and Rural (StarTrib) How Did D.C.’s Streetcar Project Careen Off the Tracks? (WaPo) Irony in Detroit: Downtown Recovery a Threat to Auto Showing Parking (Crain’s … Continued
December 7, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Senate Sends Five-Year Transpo Bill Over to Obama (The Hill) Buried in the Bill: Dozens of Under-the-Radar Policy Changes (NYT) Will We Come to Regret the Bill’s Funding Gimmicks? (Bloomberg View) What Cities Can Do About Climate Change (NYT) Underrated Infrastructure Problem: Costs Are Out of Whack (The Week) Feds OK Progress for Phoenix Light … Continued
December 4, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Hillary Clinton Lays Out $275B Infrastructure Plan (NYT, The Atlantic) Meanwhile, Congress Slogs Through Its Legislative Process (National Journal) Chuck Schumer Vows to Retain Northeast Transit Funds (WRVO) U.S. Traffic Deaths Are on the Rise This Year (Boston.com) Gabe Klein on L.A’s Transportation Future (Streetsblog LA) How Bike-Share Is Changing the Urban Environment (HuffPo) WaPo Gives Everything You Need to Know About … Continued
December 1, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Congress Could Close the Deal Today on Long-Term Transpo Bill (WSJ) Charlotte Observer Checks in on Anthony Foxx Two Years Into His Transpo Gig Mobility Lab: Nation’s Transpo Problems Need Unconventional Funding Fixes New Boss Takes Over at DC Metro Today (WAMU) Per Capita U.S. Driving Isn’t Actually Back to Peak Levels (CityLab) Philly Tops American Cities in Bike Lanes Per Square Mile (Bike … Continued
November 30, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Report: Transportation Planning Isn’t Keeping Up With the Times (Governing) Why Do Most Northeast Travelers Still Choose Driving? (CityLab) Transit Takes Front Seat in Talks on Atlanta’s Future (AJC) Montgomery County, MD, to Start Building BRT on Its Own (WaPo) How Will Low-Income Commuters Deal with Fare Hikes in Denver and Bay Area? (Next City, SF … Continued
November 24, 2015
Today’s Headlines
The Fed Balks as Congress Aims to Take Billions for Transpo (Politico) The American Highway Users Alliance Wants You to Know About These Traffic Tie-Ups (WaPo, CBS News) How a Giant Highway Wrecked Syracuse (Atlantic) “Layer of Government Legitimacy” Added to Vegas-to-SoCal High-Speed Rail (AP) WaPo Chronicles Five Myths About the DC Metro Heritage Foundation Picks Out Five Gimmicks in … Continued
November 23, 2015