Today’s Headlines
Streetsblog editors are meeting in NYC and the publishing schedule will be light today.
December 12, 2014
Today’s Headlines
What the Federal Spending Bill Offers for Transit (Roll Call) Bill Includes $100M for MD’s Purple Line (WaPo) Even GOP-Run States Debate Higher Taxes for Infrastructure (Bloomberg) Troubles Mount for Uber, Including Lawsuits from L.A., San Francisco (NPR, L.A. Times) Is Lyft “Too Cute” to Step Up to the Plate? (NYT) Does Amtrak Have Authority to Craft Federal … Continued
December 11, 2014
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Portland Sues Uber (Silicon Valley Biz Journal) Senate Committee OKs Obama’s NHTSA Nominee (The Hill) Five Issues to Watch With California’s High-Speed Rail (Silicon Valley Biz Journal) Why Does Amtrak Run Chronically Behind Schedule in Some Places? (Poughkeepsie Journal) Highway and Transit Lobbies Team Up to Ask for More Money (Progressive RR) Green Line Extension … Continued
December 10, 2014
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House GOP Rep Says Long-Term Transpo Funding Is Priority (The Hill) People for Bikes Reaches 1 Million Petition Signatures (Bike Portland) How Have Young People’s Commuting Habits Changed Since 1980? (Next City) Atlanta Streetcar Won’t Open This Weekend as Planned (Atlanta Biz Journal) Tulsa Wants New Passenger Rail to Reach Downtown (Newson6) Apple Works on … Continued
December 5, 2014
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Obama: U.S. Infrastructure “Embarrassing” Compared to China (The Hill, Bloomberg) On the Hill, Petri, Blumenauer Push for 15-Cent Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) Deadline Extensions Give MD’s New Governor More Time on Purple Line (Baltimore Sun) CicLAvia Continues Tradition of Letting People Take Over the Streets (Next City) NYC’s Noah Budnick to Head San Francisco Bike … Continued
December 4, 2014
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Feds Pledge $1B for Boston’s Green Line Extension (Boston Globe) Stimulus Results Are Tangible With Rail, But Where Are the Funds Now? (Roll Call) Milwaukee Groups Push for Rapid Transit Instead of I-94 Expansion (Milwaukee Biz Journal) Transit Tax Break Extended… for a Few Weeks (The Hill) After Greenlight Pinellas Bombed, Is Tampa Ready to … Continued
December 3, 2014
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Bipartisan Effort Recruits Reagan’s Ghost to Sell Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) Senate to Consider Obama’s NHTSA Nominee This Week (The Hill, Auto News) After Many Delays, D.C. Still Aims to Start Streetcar Service This Year (DCist) Caltrans Awards $560M to Transpo Projects, Including Light Rail (RT&S) Pittsburgh on its Way to Becoming a Great … Continued
December 2, 2014
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How the U.S. Fell Short on Domestic Streetcar Manufacturing (WaPo) Puerto Rico Avoids Transit Shutdown at 11th Hour (Reuters) D.C. Metro Faces Service Cuts If Jurisdictions Don’t Pitch in More Funds (WaPo) House Dem Lipinski Wants to Revisit Transit Tax Break During Lame Duck Session (The Hill) Northeast Rail Expansion Would Bring Boosts for Connecticut … Continued
December 1, 2014
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Light Rail Strengthens the Sibling Bond Between Twin Cities (Chicago Trib) Amtrak’s Likely to See Highest Rider Numbers of the Year Today (Columbian) Despite Recent Backlash, Uber’s Still Riding High (Tech Crunch) Montgomery County Goes More Ped-Friendly, But Wastes Money on Parking (Bethesda Now, GGW) Atlanta’s Figuring Out How to Operate Its New Streetcar Safely … Continued
November 26, 2014
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With Growing Ridership, Amtrak Deficits Shrink to Four-Decade Low (WSJ) Uber Controversy Exposes “Gaping Hole in Nation’s Privacy Laws” (The Hill) Former Dallas Mayor Joins High-Speed Rail Effort in Texas (Dallas Morning News) With Landmark Transpo Funding Deal, Virginia Gas Tax to Increase 45% (Daily Press) Puerto Rico Governor Warns of Transit Shutdown Over Bond … Continued
November 25, 2014