Today’s Headlines
Highway Trust Fund Set to Go Broke This Month (The Hill) WaPo: House Bill Would Be a Blow for DC Metro How Nashville Can Learn From Salt Lake City’s “Unified Front” on Transit (Tennessean) As SunRail Turns 1, Florida Riders Rate the System (Orlando Sentinel) Virginia Beach Light Rail Vote Far From a Done Deal (Pilot) … Continued
May 4, 2015
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DC’s Silver Line to Dulles Is Behind Schedule, Over Budget (WaPo, The Hill) Overall, Mayors Want Washington to “Do Something” (Politico) One Chart Shows What’s Gone Wrong With the Highway Trust Fund (City Lab) Foxx: Time to “Get Unrealistic” to Solve Transpo Situation (Transport Topics) Urban Vanguards to Descend on the Biggest Little City in … Continued
April 28, 2015
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Visiting the U.S., Japanese Prime Minister Makes Case for Bullet Train (WSJ) DOT to Assist Seven Cities With Transit Projects, Including Indy’s BRT (Progressive Railroading, Indy Star) House Committee to Take Up Transpo Funding Wednesday (Transport Topics) Comparing the “Apples and Oranges” of DC and Boston’s Beleaguered Rail Systems (WaPo) Shuster Challenger Readies for Primary (The Hill) Why Is … Continued
April 27, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Why Can’t We Have Great Trains in America? (National Journal) In Tampa, Cops Systematically Harass Black Cyclists (Next City) NJ Transit Lays Out Fare Hikes, Service Cuts to Close Budget (NYT) Study Touts Benefits of Purple Line, as Decision Looms in Maryland (WaPo) AARP Ranks Neighborhoods By “Livability Index” (CityLab) Five Cities Worldwide Show the Future … Continued
April 21, 2015
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Foxx: States Pulling Back on Transpo Projects Due to Uncertain Funding (Transport Topics) In Dallas, One Weekend Kicked Off Demand for Urban Change (Next City) Bipartisan Group Signs Onto Bill That Would Raise Gas Tax (Equipment World) Will Puget Sound Voters Pony Up for Light Rail? (Seattle PI) Developers Respond to the Carless, One-Person Household (Chicago Mag) Minneapolis Plans for … Continued
April 20, 2015
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Early Numbers Look Promising for CTFastrak (Hartford Courant) San Antonio’s Bike-Share at Risk Without Big Sponsor (Next City) Southerners Spend the Most on Gas Thanks to Lack of Transit (CNBC) Shuster Talks Clinton Nomination, Transpo Funding (The Hill) Dallas Debuts Downtown Streetcar (Dallas Morning News) New Metro Cars Start Rolling Today on DC’s Blue Line … Continued
April 14, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Progress Report on the New Twin Cities Green Line (Finance & Commerce) Denver Transit Chief Heads to L.A. (Denver Biz Journal) Is Obama’s Acting Railroad Chief Up to the Task? (Politico) Why Does NIH Want to Build More Parking Right on Top of a Metro? (GGW) Salt Lake City Poised to Revitalize Western Downtown (SL Trib) … Continued
April 13, 2015
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$500M Available for This Round of TIGER (Progressive Railroading) Hoosier State Amtrak Line Looks Back on Track (Indy Biz Journal) DOT Loans Help Fill Transpo Funding Gaps (The Hill) WaPo: “Starving Metro to Save It” Isn’t a Good Plan More States Look to Toll Roads (Brookings) Hartford Courant: Connecticut Needs TOD Guidance New Study Looks at Value … Continued
April 7, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Boston Transit Review Calls for Reining in Costs (Boston Globe) What Will New Transpo Leadership Mean for Montgomery County, MD? (GGW) StarTrib: Minneapolis Should Seize Opportunity With Light Rail D.C.’s Latest (Scaled Back) Plans for Streetcars (DCInno) Move Over, Uber: Bridj Is the Next Big Thing (Bacon’s Rebellion) Harvard Study Sees Need for Better Police Reports … Continued
April 6, 2015
Today’s Headlines
With Transportation “in a Huge Ditch,” Foxx Lays Out Six-Year Plan (Politico) House, Senate Budgets Include Big Drops in Transpo Spending (Center on Budget & Policy Priorities) Tysons Corner: Stage for the World’s Biggest Reurbanization Project (Washingtonian) Nashville’s Future: More Sidewalks, Light Rail, But Definitely No Subway (Biz Journal) Peer Cities Will Give Boston Advice on … Continued
March 31, 2015