Today’s Headlines
Shuster: “Nobody Got Everything” With Amtrak Bill (The Hill) Report Released at UN Shows Climate Change Action Boosts Economic Growth (VOA) Environmental Study Begins for Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail (Community Impact) Omaha to Use $15M TIGER for BRT (AP) Why Do Houstonians Tend to Sprawl? (Houstonia) What Richmond Can Learn From BRT Failures in Other Cities (RVA News) … Continued
September 17, 2014
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House Amtrak Bill Proposes Slashing Operating Support, Reinvesting in Northeast (Gannett, The Hill) Latest Cost Estimate for Maryland’s Purple Line Rises by $56M (WaPo) Foxx to Make Funding Announcement in Asheville (Citizen-Times) Poll: 79% of Americans Support Increasing Tolls to Pay for Transpo (The Hill) All Aboard Florida Critics Have to Accept the Train Is Leaving … Continued
September 12, 2014
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Local Leaders Celebrate TIGER Grants Before DOT Announces Official Winners (Transport Topics) City Lab: The People in Charge of American Transit Should Actually Ride Transit Boxer Tells Politico MT She’s Working on Options for Long-Term Transpo Funding Cleveland Launches Bike-share (Crain’s) Arlington, VA, May Be a Model for Transit and Policy, But Does It Have … Continued
September 11, 2014
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DOT Awards $600M in TIGER Grants, Including $30M for BRT, Bikes in Nevada… (AP) …$12.5M to Keep Amtrak’s Southwest Chief Chugging (Denver Post) …$12.2M for Detroit Streetcar (Detroit Free Press) …$24.9M for BRT in Richmond, VA (Richmond Times-Dispatch) …$23M to Improve Riverfront and Freight Service in CT (Hartford Courant) The Hill Flags “Players to Watch” for Transportation in Fall … Continued
September 10, 2014
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Anthony Foxx Wants to Create a 30-Year Vision for US Transportation Policy (Politico) Minneapolis Group Sues FTA Over Light Rail (Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal) … As the Green Line in St. Paul Offers Lessons in Racial Equity (Finance & Commerce) Blumenthal Predicts Consensus on Rail Safety Bill (Hartford Courant) How Pittsburgh Merges Cycling Infrastructure With … Continued
September 9, 2014
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Why Is Germany (and Europe) Afraid of Uber? (WaPo) Gabe Klein Becomes COO of “Pop-Up” Bus Service Bridj (BostInno) The Rise of Poverty in the Suburbs (Slate) Amtrak Exec Asks Feds to Help With Freight-Related Delays (The Hill) Historian Steven Conn Traces the Roots of Anti-Urbanism (Pacific Standard) Lowering Fares Won’t Solve All Problems for … Continued
September 5, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Why Aren’t Streetcars Meeting Basic Service Standards? (City Lab) Northern Virginia’s New BRT Borrows From the Past (Next City) Alaska Considers Selling Unused Ferry to Philipine Navy (Alaska Dispatch News) Bike Lanes Come to Pittsburgh Bridges (Post-Gazette) New Financing Tool Will Help California Build Infrastructure (California Economy Reporting) Why Aren’t Cities Taking More Advantage of … Continued
September 4, 2014
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CBO: Transportation Funding Fix Won’t Last Long (Land Line) NYC Names “America’s Top Bike City” By Bicycling Mag, Which Is Big News in Portland (Oregonian) Illinois Invests $102M in Chicago-St. Louis High-Speed Rail (Progress Illinois) Potential Lawsuit, Equity Issues Ahead for Minneapolis Light Rail (Minn Post) Why Isn’t D.C.’s Capital Bikeshare Reaching Low-Income Areas? (Georgetown Public … Continued
September 3, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Boston Opens First New T Station in 26 Years (Boston Herald) In Minneapolis, City Council Signs Off on Light Rail (StarTrib, Finance & Commerce) Las Vegas Rail Plans Have Been Through Fits and Starts (Review Journal) MD’s Purple Line Moves to Engineering as Opponents Sue Over “Tiny Species” (Progressive RR, WaPo) L.A.’s Infrastructure Reaches Breaking Point (NYT) … Continued
September 2, 2014
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Four Examples of Why Federal Money Is Bad for U.S. Transportation (Next City) How Will North Carolina Navigate the Politics of its Transit Future? (E&E Publishing) Just Launched: The North American Bikeshare Association (Mobility Lab) Feds to Negotiate on Failed Alaska Ferry (Alaska Journal) Dallas Plays Catch-Up with Demand for Urban Living (D Mag) Jacksonville … Continued
August 29, 2014