Today’s Headlines
Foxx’s 30-Year Transportation Plan Emphasizes Choices Beyond Highways (CityLab) Purple Line Gets $100M in Federal Budget, Even if Maryland’s Support is Uncertain (WaPo) … And Minneapolis Light Rail Gets $150M, If Everything Goes Right (Minn Post) Is Florida’s SunRail in Jeopardy? (Orlando Biz Journal) With Budget, Obama Faces Clash With GOP Over Climate Actions (EE News) … Continued
February 4, 2015
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Obama to Unveil Six-Year, $478M Transpo Bill Today (Detroit News) Roll Call Compares the Numbers to Other Transpo Bills in the Ether 12 States Might Increase Gas Taxes This Year (Tax Justice Blog) As Rail Costs Balloon, Honolulu Leaders Plan Trip to DC (AP) 10 Years in the Making, FasTracks is Transforming Denver (Denver Post) Was … Continued
February 2, 2015
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Bernie Sanders Pitches $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill… But No Funding Source (WaPo) How Low Gas Prices Could Spell Trouble for Obama’s Climate Plan (National Journal) House T&I Committee Announces Subcomittee Assignments Minnesota Gov Slaps Parks Board for Stalling LRT, Plans Tax Hikes for Transpo (F&C, Pioneer Press) Winter Storms Aren’t a Big Deal For Walkable, Transit-Oriented Communities … Continued
January 28, 2015
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Trio of Highway-Focused Lobbying Groups Pressure Congress on Gas Tax (The Hill) Cities Attempt to Bridge the Bike-Share Income Gap (City Lab) Is Nashville BRT 100% Dead? Maybe Not (Nashville Biz Journal) Study: Chicago’s Transit Infrastructure Requires $36B (RT&S) Little-Known Agency Keeps SoCal’s Commuter Rail Running Smoothly (LAT) Tracking D.C.’s Incomes Via Metro Routes (WaPo) … Continued
January 27, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Mayors Need Federal Government’s Help on Infrastructure (WaPo) How Can Virginia Get More Cars Off I-66? (WaPo) In Chicago, New Online Maps Push for Transpo Investment With Hard Data (Trib) In Boston, Former Transportation Chief Leads Olympics Campaign (Boston Globe) What Commuting Patterns Look Like When You Take Away Solo Driving (City Lab) Republican Governors … Continued
January 26, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Nashville’s AMP BRT Won’t Happen — Somewhere, the Koch Brothers Cackle (Tennessean) Paul, Boxer Finishing Up Transpo Bill Paid for by Tax Cut (Bond Buyer) Shuster: Gas Tax Hike Unlikely to Pass This Year (The Hill) Hogan’s Budget Gives Some Money to Purple, Red Lines in Maryland (GGW) DC Metro Revises Emergency Response Tactics Following Tragedy … Continued
January 23, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Foxx to Challenge Mayors Today on Safer Biking, Walking (USA Today) Hope’s Not Dead for Movement on Transportation Bill (The Hill) Climate Denier Inhofe Takes Gavel at Enviro Committee, Aims for More Transpo Funding (The Hill, TT) Purple Line Activists Rally Before Tomorrow’s Budget Decision (GGW) CT’s Transpo Future Includes Good Things for Pedestrians and Cyclists (New Haven … Continued
January 22, 2015
Today’s Headlines
In SOTU, Obama Calls for Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan But Evades Gas Tax (The Hill) Foxx Plays Role of “Designated Survivor” During Speech (National Journal) “Tax Reform” Could Be Plan B to Fund Transportation Bill (National Journal) Honda Exec: Automakers Doing “Stupid Things” to Increase Sales (Bloomberg) A Look at Szabo’s Legacy as He Exits FRA … Continued
January 21, 2015
Today’s Headlines
MD’s Federal Lawmakers Push for Purple, Red Lines With Hogan (Daily Record) Boxer Again Sounds Alarm on Long-Term Transpo Funding (Transport Topics) Senator Huffman Proposes Taxing Carbon Emissions Instead of Gas (Press-Democrat) The Impact of Minneapolis Light Rail Is in the Eye of the Beholder (Next City) Mobilizing the Region Reviews The Good, Bad and Ugly … Continued
January 16, 2015
Today’s Headlines
GOP Continues to Give Mixed Signals on Gas Tax Hike (AP) Alexandria, VA, Gets $50M Closer to New Metro Station (WaPo) Despite DC Metro Incident, Transit Remains Safer Than Driving (WaPo) Opinion: Don’t Miss the Opportunity of Milwaukee Streetcar (Journal Sentinel) Transit Startups Moovit and Bridj Raise Big Bucks (Silicon Valley Biz, BostInno) How to Right-Size … Continued
January 15, 2015