Today’s Headlines
Massachusetts Governor Appoints Gas Tax Advocate as Transpo Chief (Boston Globe) John Thune Eyes Corporate Tax Overhaul to Fund Transportation (Politico, Roll Call) Leaders Named for House T&I Committee (Progressive Railroading) Milwaukee Mayor Shows Passion For Streetcar (Express Milwaukee) Our Cell Phones Can Provide a Trove of Travel Data (Roll Call) What’s the Difference Between … Continued
January 14, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Obama Administration to Map Out 30-Year Transportation Plan (WaPo) Transportation Wonks Converge This Week in Washington (Roll Call) California Takes Two Big Steps Forward on Climate Change, But Then There’s Keystone… (The Hill) Gas Tax Hikes Starting to Look More Realistic at Both Federal and State Level (Nat’l Journal, Planetizen) Minnesota House Speaker: State Won’t … Continued
January 13, 2015
Today’s Headlines
How Is Cheap Gas Affecting Transit Ridership? (Chicago Trib) As Szabo Heads to Chicago, Foxx’s Chief of Staff Steps in to Lead FRA (Chicago Trib, Reuters) The Growing Momentum for Turning Parking Spaces Into Parks (NYT) Could Olympics Prospect Help Boston Transit Projects? (Boston Globe) How Denver Made Use of Private Dollars for Transit (Progressive … Continued
January 12, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Though GOP Seems to be Warming to Gas Tax Increase, There’s Still Reluctance (The Hill, WaPo) Study Finds Link Between Cheap Gas and Highway Fatalities (HuffPo) Could Boston Handle the Olympics? (Boston Globe) L.A. Times: Future Generations Need the Bullet Train In Atlanta, a Racial Divide Between the City and the Suburbs (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) 24 Private Companies Vie … Continued
January 9, 2015
Today’s Headlines
Obama: Cheap Gas Won’t Last Forever (Detroit News) Boxer Tells GOP to Focus on Transpo Bill, Not Keystone (The Hill) Prospects Dimming for Minneapolis Light Rail (StarTrib) Another GOP Senator Agrees That Gas Tax Hike Is “On the Table” (The Hill) Mapping Chicago’s Big TOD Projects (Curbed Chicago) Deadline Nears for Alaska Borough to Pay … Continued
January 8, 2015
Today’s Headlines
High-Speed Rail Breaks Ground in California (Sac Bee, LAT) The Hill Points to Five New Transportation Players to Watch This Year in Congress WaPo: Washington Has Its Best Chance in Years to Raise the Gas Tax Boston’s Green Line Extension Gets $996M From Feds (Progressive Railroading) Cheap Gas, Strong Car Sales Don’t Mean Americans Are … Continued
January 7, 2015
Today’s Headlines
City Lab Looks Back at 2014’s Top Transportation Breakthroughs as Roll Call Wraps Up Its Roundup Will Streetcars in Atlanta and DC Actually Start Running This Year? (Decaturish, Railway Age) Silver Line Snags Funds for Phase II in Northern Va. (Progressive Railroading) Five Myths About the Federal Gas Tax, as Prices Hit Record-Breaking Low (WaPo, The Hill) Next City Ranks the Best and … Continued
December 23, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Roll Call Rounds Up the Year’s Most Encouraging Transportation News (Part I and II) How Can Northern Virginia Maximize the Benefits of the Silver Line? (CAP) Amtrak Service Returns to Massachusetts’ “Knowledge Corridor” (Recorder) Costs for Honolulu Rail Project Could Balloon by $750M (Hawaii News Now) In D.C. Area, It Looks Like Rich and Poor … Continued
December 19, 2014
Today’s Headlines
How Freeways Have Fractured America’s Race Relations (Time) People for Bikes Rates the Top 10 Bike Lanes of 2014 APTA: Public Transportation Use Up in Third Quarter (Roll Call) LA Times: Get High-Speed Rail Right for Our Grandkids What Has SE Michigan’s Transit Authority Actually Been Up to for the Past Two Years? (Metromode) Does Arlington Have a … Continued
December 18, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Grist Shares the Details on Seattle’s Mega Transportation “Fustercluck” Senate Approves Rosekind as Highway Safety Chief (AP) Transit Tax Benefit Will Lapse Again in 2015 (Federal News Radio) Franken Not Pleased with Uber’s Response on Privacy (The Hill) Did Cromnibus Mess Up Funding for Twin Cities Light Rail? (Minn Post) The “Slog” of Building D.C.’s Silver … Continued
December 17, 2014