Today’s Headlines
Baltimore Leaders Seek to Reverse Governor’s Red Line Decision (Baltimore Sun) Brookings: It’s Time for a National Conversation on High-Speed Rail Six States Set to Raise Their Gas Taxes July 1 (The Hill) How Can Smart Growth Become More “Lovable”? (HuffPo) In Minneapolis: Light Rail Faces New Hurdles; More Bike Lanes Planned (Star Trib, F&C) Transit Support … Continued
June 30, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Taxes Have Proved the Sticking Point for Transpo Bill (The Hill) DC Metro Gets $150M in Senate Bill (WaPo) Google Will Help Pinpoint Every Rail Crossing in America (NYT) Will Anthony Foxx Make a Senate Run? (The Hill) Not Relying on Feds, NC Plans for Controversial Privately Run Tolls (Bloomberg) Oregon Governor Pulls Plug on Gas Tax … Continued
June 29, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Maryland Gov. Hogan: Yes to Purple Line, No to Red Line (WaPo, Baltimore Sun, GGW) Bethesda Mag Recounts the Purple Line’s Long Road Senate Committee OKs $9B for Amtrak Over Four Years (The Hill) “Super Commutes” Will Only Increase Without Real Transportation Solutions (AP) Cities Like Phoenix Have Learned Not to Count on Feds for Transpo Money (WaPo) Philly Gets … Continued
June 26, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Senators to Lay Out Six-Year Transpo Funding Plan This Morning (The Hill) The Bill’s Potential New Name? “The DRIVE Act” (Land Line) Protected Bike Lanes: America’s Next Transit Frontier (WaPo) Transpo Money Could Be Freed Up By Removing Earmarks (The Hill) Feds to Examine DC Metro’s Fatal Smoke Incident (AP) Vision Zero: Seattle Rewards Law-Abiding … Continued
June 23, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Obama: Mayors Are the Ones Who Really Get It (Politico, Fiscal Times) Yet Another Transpo Funding Deadline Nears (The Hill) DC Plays With New Identity as Hub of Transportation Innovation (WaPo) House to Launch Probe of Automated Train Control (The Hill) Pope Offers Wise Words on Urban Planning and Transit (WaPo) It’s More Popular Than Ever … Continued
June 22, 2015
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Republicans Battle Internally Over Transportation Funding (Politico) Orrin Hatch Vows to Find Solution (WaPo) Senators Roll Out $9B Amtrak Bill (The Hill) After Scathing Safety Report on Metro, D.C.-Area Leaders Demand Accountability (Prog RR, Roll Call) Atlanta Wants Money from Feds to Extend Streetcar to Beltline (Atlanta Biz Journal) Kansas City Amtrak Service Under Threat (KSHB) Study Sees BRT as … Continued
June 19, 2015
Here’s How 45 Firms Explained Why They’re Moving Downtown
Two or three decades ago, the standard criteria for choosing an office location was often, "Where does the boss live?” says land use strategist Christopher Leinberger. And the boss inevitably lived in a car-oriented suburb.
June 18, 2015
Today’s Headlines
In the Fight for Income Equality, Transportation Doesn’t Get Enough Attention (The Hill) Study: U.S. Sprawl Has Been Declining Since 1994 (City Lab) Salt Lake City Sees Distinct Pockets of High Transit Ridership (Salt Lake Trib) Thursday Is APTA’s “Dump the Pump” Day Public Weighs in on Detroit-Grand Rapids Rail (Fox17) Belmont, NC, Nonprofit Works to … Continued
June 16, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Pelosi: Trade Package Could Win Support If GOP Supports Transpo (The Hill) LaHood to Appear at Senate’s Transpo Funding Hearing This Week (Transport Topics) The Strained Construction Schedule of California’s High-Speed Rail (Fresno Bee) Twin Cities Green Line Marks Successful Year One (MPR News) New DC Circulator Route Debuts on the National Mall (Roll Call) In Maryland, New … Continued
June 15, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Rep. Paul Ryan Schedules June Hearing on Transpo Funding (The Hill) Google’s New Sidewalk Labs Works on “Urban Solutions”; Here’s the Competition (NYT, Green Biz) New York Times Special Section Focuses on Transportation Innovations Bill Emerges to Gradually Eliminate Federal Gas Tax (Transport Topics, The Hill) Meanwhile, Red States Warm to Gas Tax Hikes (Forbes) Former FRA Head Szabo … Continued
June 12, 2015