Today’s Headlines
Lawsuit Filed Against MD’s Purple Line, But Town of Chevy Chase Holds Back (Bethesda Now, WaPo) Texas High-Speed Rail Plans Get More Ambitious (Star-Telegram) Can Math Solve Bike-share’s Rebalancing Problem? (City Lab) Honolulu Anticipates Development Boom with New Rail (Hawaii News Now) FTA Gives New Guidance on Joint Development Projects (Progressive Railroading) Denver Serves as … Continued
August 28, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Sen. Carper Pushes for Long-Term Transpo Bill (The Hill) GOP Senate Candidate Proposes Slashing Gas Tax, Giving States Control (Detroit News) Did San Antonio’s Streetcar Plan Die When Julian Castro Left? (Texas Observer) Audit Uncovers Sweetheart Deals, Other Problems With Utah Transit Authority (Salt Lake Trib) Latin America Leads the Way on BRT (Guardian) Twin … Continued
August 27, 2014
Today’s Headlines
How Does Transit Affect a City’s Affordability? (City Lab, NRDC Switchboard) Grand Rapids Waits for Economic Boon From New BRT (Grand Rapids Press) Cleveland Has Seen $5.5B+ in Transit-Oriented Development in Two Years (Progressive Railroading) Will GOP’s Uber Support Attract Young Voters? (The Hill) Dallas Eyes BRT Instead of Rail for Cotton Belt (Dallas News) … Continued
August 26, 2014
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Real Estate Deals Need to Accelerate for California High-Speed Rail (Fresno Bee) Grand Rapids Launches $40M BRT (M Live) Brokering Peace Between Cyclists and Drivers Involves John Kerry on a Pink Bike (Boston Globe) Feds Give OK to Start Designing Minneapolis’s Fourth Light Rail (KSTP) Seven U.S. Bike Projects Built on Existing Footprints (Next City) … Continued
August 25, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Indiana Reaches Deal to Preserve Amtrak’s Hoosier State Line (The Hill) WaPo: Major Infrastructure Investment Should Drive Country’s Growth High-Speed Rail Weighs Into Florida Governor’s Election (Next City) China Heads the Pack With Bike-Sharing (Bloomberg) Mat-Su, Alaska, Hopes to Settle With FTA Over Unused Ferry (Alaska Dispatch News) Report: Philly Leads Big Cities in Bike … Continued
August 22, 2014
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Feds Give $1.2B to Silver Line Phase II (GSN) GOP Senators Predict New Funding Source for Transpo (The Hill) Developers Take Interest in Twin Cities Light Rail (Finance & Commerce) DC Metro Pays Nearly $5M to Settle Suit Over No-Bid Contract (WaPo) Gov Tech: U.S. Can’t Keep Tolerating Transportation Mediocrity UK Study: Transit Riders Weigh Less … Continued
August 21, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Boston May Top Pedestrian Safety Lists, But Many Crashes Go Unreported (Boston Globe) Former Obama Strategist David Plouffe to Head PR for Uber (Roll Call) Bullet Trains in Texas “Could Change Everything” (Tucson Sentinel) Pedestrians, Then Train Riders, Are the Happiest Commuters (City Lab) Pennsylvania One of Several States Taking Control of Their Transpo Funding … Continued
August 20, 2014
Today’s Headlines
States Bypass D.C. to Come Up With Their Own Transpo Funding (Governing) WaPo Tags Along With New Silver Line Riders With Metro and New Plaza, Tysons Corner Starts to Feel Urban (GGW) Streetcar Tracks Arrive in Detroit (MLive) What the “Southern Megalopolis” Could Look Like (WABE) $3.9B High-Speed Rail Proposal Would Link Atlanta and Columbus, … Continued
August 15, 2014
Today’s Headlines
The Problem With High-Speed Rail in the U.S.? Lack of Federal Will (CityLab) Amtrak‘s Empire Builder Line Is Struggling (Flathead Beacon) Georgia Leaders, Feds Discuss High-Speed Rail Serving Atlanta (Ledger-Enquirer) Why Aren’t Developers More Interested in These D.C. Metro Sites? (Wash Biz Journal) Getting the Numbers Straight About Bike-Share Injuries (Next City) Building Honolulu’s Rail … Continued
August 14, 2014
Today’s Headlines
Republicans See Uber as Helpful Tool (The Hill) Private Companies Have Already Opened the Door to Tracking Vehicle Miles (NextGov) Why Did DEA Pay Amtrak Informant for Passenger Records? (Roll Call) There’s Been Zero Fatalities from U.S. Bike-Sharing (Vox) Why California Makes Sense as the New Frontier for High-Speed Rail (CityLab) Obstacles Remain as Minneapolis … Continued
August 13, 2014