Today’s Headlines
How MARTA’s Newest CEO Changed Course for the Struggling System (Gov Tech) Students Worldwide Use Their Own Two Feet for Walk to School Day Foxx Ferries Across the Puget Sound, as Washington Seeks Future Funds (Seattle Times) The Strong Towns Message Is Going Nationwide (StarTrib) Light Rail Still on for South Jersey Despite Setback With Feds (NJ.com) Nashville … Continued
October 8, 2014
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Senator Carper Insists There’s a Chance for Long-Term Transpo Bill (Trucking Info) And Senator Durbin Points to Earmark Ban as a Problem (The Hill) Could California’s High-Speed Rail Connect to Vegas? (Bloomberg) Connecticut to Pony Up $188M to Replace Failing Metro-North Bridge By 2020 (Hartford Courant) Will Nashville’s Next Mayor Carry on BRT Plans? (Nashville … Continued
October 3, 2014
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Yesterday Marked the 21st Anniversary of the Last Gas Tax Increase (The Hill) How Denver Got Creative to Deliver on Light Rail (National Journal) … And How Denver’s Transit Success Could Offer a Template for Toronto (Toronto Star) Roll Call Interviews Foxx on Transpo Funding Commuting by Car Declining (Slightly) for the First Time in Decades … Continued
October 2, 2014
Today’s Headlines
L.A. Breaks Ground on Subway Link to Connect Downtown (L.A. Times) For High-Speed Rail, Intermountain States Depend on California’s Success (SL Trib) After Kansas and Utah, Foxx Visits Portland Today to Tour Tilikum Crossing (Roll Call, SL Trib, Oregonian) Rail-Trail Group Seeks Bike/Ped Path Along New All Aboard Florida Line (Orlando Biz Journal) Final Designs to Begin for Fort Worth’s … Continued
October 1, 2014
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Touting Buses as Economic Lifeline, Foxx Announces $30M Grant in Detroit (Roll Call, Free Press) Kansas City Offers Lesson on Streetcar Funding Challenges (CityLab) Ridership Up for D.C.’s New Silver Line (Washington Biz Journal) Nashville Envisions Its Future Growth (Nashville Ledger) In Baltimore, LaHood Continues Pitch for Higher Gas Tax (Baltimore Biz Journal) Study Will … Continued
September 26, 2014
Today’s Headlines
L.A. Gets Ready to Pursue $1.1B Federal Grant for Subway Extension (Progressive Railroading) D.C. Metro CEO to Step Down in January (WaPo) GAO: More Transparency Needed With TIGER Grants (Transpo Topics) After Spike in Transit Worker Fatalities, NTSB Offers Recommendations (Roll Call) How Should Atlanta’s Beltline Project Grapple With Equity? (Creative Loafing Atlanta) Boosting Pennsylvania’s … Continued
September 25, 2014
Today’s Headlines
At UN Summit, Obama Details U.S. Initiatives on Climate Change (CS Monitor) Scientific-American: Cities, Not Nations, Lead Action on Climate Change Biden Talks Infrastructure in Norfolk Today (Daily Press) How a Grassroots Group Achieved Streetcar Victory in Cincinnati (CityLab) Foxx Visits Lincoln, Nebraska, Plant That Supplies Transit Cars Across U.S. (Omaha.com) Philly’s SEPTA Gets $86.78M … Continued
September 24, 2014
Today’s Headlines
New Budget Threat for the U.S.: Climate Change (WaPo, ThinkProgress) Environmental Study Released for All Aboard Florida; Miami Expects Retail Impact (WPTV, Biz Journal) New Bills in L.A. Aim to Improve Cycling Network (LAT) Rep. Titus Explores Restoring Vegas-California Amtrak (Review-Journal) Should Cyclists and Drivers Share the Same Rules of the Road? (Vox) Texas Citizens to … Continued
September 22, 2014
Today’s Headlines
White House Preps for U.N. Climate Summit Next Week (The Hill) Rail Advocates Rally Against Cuts in House Amtrak Bill (The Hill, Progressive Railroading) Today Is Park(ing) Day: A Model for “Quick and Dirty” Urbanism (Voice of San Diego) Foxx Meets with Tampa Transpo Leaders (Tampa Trib) Jane Jacobs’ Ideas Continue to Resonate in Urban Innovations … Continued
September 19, 2014
Today’s Headlines
House Transpo Committee Approves Amtrak Bill (The Hill) …And Finalizes Recommendations for New PPP Office at DOT (Transport Topics) Foxx Quashes Rumors of a 2016 Senate Run (Washington Examiner) Hurricane Sandy Aid Package Brings $630M+ to NJ Transit Projects (NJ.com) Mesa, AZ, Shows What GOP Urbanism Can Look Like (Politico) Report: Global Shift to Transit Could Save $100 … Continued
September 18, 2014