Today’s Headlines
How Transportation Politics Made – And Might Break – Chris Christie (Atlantic Cities) Railway Age Profiles Future-Minded Amtrak CEO 2014: The Year of the Streetcar (GGW) Utah Shows Transit’s Impact on Clean Air (SL Trib) Portland’s Leah Treat Touts Bike-Share, Despite Complications (Portland Mercury) Tennessean: BRT Critical to Nashville’s Success … But Opposition Is Still Rampant … Continued
January 10, 2014
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LaHood Urges Obama to Embrace Gas Tax Increase (HuffPo) Can the Water Bill Serve as Model for Highway Bill Compromise? (Bloomberg) Brookings: Has Suburbanization Doomed the War on Poverty? French Firm to Take Over Running Massachusetts Commuter Rail (Boston Globe) … And How the Transit Chief “Cracked Some Eggs” to Get There (Globe) Could Obamacare … Continued
January 9, 2014
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Feds Team With Texas on High-Speed Route From Dallas to Houston (D Magazine, KENS5) And Plans Advance on DC-to-Charlotte High-Speed Rail (AP) While in Texas, Foxx Takes a Look at San Antonio Streetcar Plan (My SA) LaHood Lands at Building America’s Future (Politico) Planners Try to Sell Twin Cities Light Rail, But Bike Advocates Already … Continued
January 8, 2014
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Mixed Signals on Future of California HSR (AP) Bacon’s Rebellion: How Will Millennials Change Urban Development? Why Can’t D.C. Metro Growth Focus More INSIDE the Beltway? (GGW) A Decade in the Making, Florida’s Sun Rail Will Start Running in May (Daytona Beach News-Journal) Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space Pokes Holes in Study Promoting More … Continued
January 3, 2014
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Congress Didn’t Act, So Commuters Lose Transit Tax Benefits (Atlantic Cities, Time) Virginia Pilot: Rail Improves Cities Central Florida Takes Walking and Cycling Counts for First Time (Orlando Sentinel) Detroit Goes More Bike-Friendly for 2014 (AP) And Baton Rouge Makes Smart Growth Resolution (WWNO) In Missouri, Push for Transpo Sales Tax Continues (St. Louis Public Radio) … Continued
January 2, 2014
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Chicago Tribune: Hey, Congress, Don’t Favor Cars Over Transit With Double the Budget, Philly’s SEPTA Has Grand Plans (Inquirer) Cincinnati’s Streetcar Victory Took a Decade to Achieve (Urban Cincy) Shuster Pledges to Work With Startups on Transpo Tech (1776) Charlotte Station WSCO Looks at Foxx’s Rise From Mayor to U.S. Transpo Chief Report: Milwaukee Needs Better Transit … Continued
December 20, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Schumer Acts on Soon-to-Expire Transit Commuter Benefit (Progressive Railroading) Cincinnati Decides Today: Yes or No for Streetcar? (USA Today) … And It May Come Down to One Council Member (Cincinnati Biz Courier) Five City Leaders Meet with Foxx to Talk Amtrak (News Observer) Utah Lawmaker Proposes Hiking Sales Tax for Transit (Salt Lake Trib) Austin Bike-Share … Continued
December 19, 2013
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Time Runs Out for Transit Commuter Tax Benefit (Gov Exec, Chicago Trib) Cincinnati Mayor: Transit Agency Can’t Pay for Streetcar (Cincinnati Enquirer) Connecticut Panel Looks at Metro North Issues (AP) Home Buyers Prioritize Walkability (Better Cities and Towns) Austin Follows Houston’s Lead and Preps Bike-Share Launch (Houston Chron) Amtrak to End Refunds for No-Shows (The … Continued
December 18, 2013
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Feds to Examine Metro North Safety for Two Months (AP) APTA to Congress: Don’t Let Commuter Tax Benefit Expire (Metro Mag) Austin Leaders Approve Watered-Down Rail Plan (Statesman) Plain Dealer: Protected Bike Lanes Would Be Good Step for Cleveland How Can Transpo Policy Keep Up With New Technology? (Politico) DOT Shuts Down 52 Unsafe Bus … Continued
December 13, 2013
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Funding Can’t Meet Demand for “New Starts” Transit Projects (Transpo Issues Daily) Phoenix OKs Light Rail Extension (Arizona Republic) Advocates Envision Better Rail for Virginia (Pilot) Can California Take on High-Speed Rail Without Feds? (Atlantic Cities) Porcari Leaves No. 2 U.S. Transpo Post for Private Sector (Baltimore Sun, WaPo) NJ Transit Breaks Record With Thanksgiving Holiday Trips … Continued
December 12, 2013