Today’s Headlines
Politico: Obama’s Infrastructure Speech Short on Details Senate Further Refines Transpo Funding Bill (T4America) Smart Growth Leaders: Common Sense Reforms Can Reignite Real Estate (The Hill) Urbanists Happy About Ford Foundation’s New Prez (Next City) Sen. Gillibrand: Private Investors Ready to Finance High-Speed Rail in NY (Lohud) Future Unclear for NTSB Chief Hersman (Bloomberg) Honolulu … Continued
July 26, 2013
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Anthony Foxx Highlights MAP-21’s Most Successful Program (Transpo Issues Daily) How the Senate and House Diverge on Transportation (Mobilizing the Region) Obama’s “Middle-Out” Theory Works on a City Level, Too (Next City) Former DOT Secretaries Give Advice to Foxx (The Hill) If Summers Leads the Fed, What Would That Mean for Urban Policy? (Next City) … Continued
July 25, 2013
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The White House Has Issues With the House Transpo Funding Bill (Transpo Issues Daily) Senate Version Spends $10B More (AP) … and Splits GOP (The Hill) With Dire Funding Forecast, Lawmakers Debate Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) Anthony Foxx Attends to Transpo Needs in Connecticut, Minnesota (Better Roads) And Tomorrow, Foxx Will Make His First … Continued
July 24, 2013
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Senate Looks at Transpo Spending Next Week (AP, The Hill) Amtrak Slows NE Trains in Heat Wave (The Hill) Along Metro North Route in CT, About Half the Towns Are Ready for TOD (Stamford Advocate) Charlotte, NC, Breaks Ground on Light Rail Extension (AP) Union Fights D.C.’s Plan to Privatize Some Transit Routes (WaPo) Massachusetts … Continued
July 19, 2013
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WaPo: “Good Riddance” to Vegas-to-Cali High-Speed Train … But Reid Says Xpress West Isn’t Dead Yet (Las Vegas Sun) Two-Month Delay for D.C. Metro Extension to Tysons (AP, The Hill) Locals Pick Up the Ball With CRC (NYT), Including “Common Sense Alternative” (Columbian) How a Private-Sector Mindset Can Transform Transit (Atlantic Cities) Are Bikes the Conservative Enemy? … Continued
July 18, 2013
Today’s Headlines
How Bill Shuster’s Car Sales Background Could Help With Transpo Funding (Philly.com) Meanwhile, Shuster’s Considered “Most Vulnerable” to Primary Challenge (Politics PA) Heat Wave! Transit Systems Take Caution in NJ, DC Bike-Friendly Businesses See Rewards as Cycling Culture Grows (HuffPo) Vegas-California Rail Plan Failed to Meet “Buy America” Standards (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Mexico’s $100B in Transpo Investments … Continued
July 17, 2013
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House Gets to Work Tomorrow on Transpo Spending Bill (The Hill) Unrest in Egypt –> Soaring Gas Prices in U.S. (Boston Globe, LAT) A New Era of Rail Station Construction Is Dawning (UrbanLand) Boston Budget Battle Centers on Gas Tax (Boston Herald, AP) Michelle Obama to Kids: Walk to School Instead of Taking the Bus … Continued
July 16, 2013
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Norton Wants to Become Ranking Member of Highways and Transit Subcommittee (Transpo Issues) Vegas-California Rail Hits Setback in Loan Process (National Review, Las Vegas Review-Journal) D.C. Planning Office Backs Off on Ending Parking Minimums (GGW, WaPo) Minneapolis Activists Want to See Protected Bike Lanes (Twin Cities Daily Planet) Maryland Gets New Transpo Director (WaPo) Can Amtrak Get Better … Continued
July 15, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Foxx Sworn In – a Second Time – with Biden (The Hill) “Innovation and the City”: NYU Report Highlights 15 Policy Ideas (Atlantic Cities) Does Ride-Sharing Undermine Public Transportation? No (Atlantic Cities) WaPo: It’s Possible to Reduce D.C.’s Congestion “Dream Vision” for Omaha: Replacing Old Railroad With Light Rail, Rec Trail (Omaha.com) Minneapolis Pursues Transit-Oriented Growth … Continued
July 12, 2013
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PAC Attack: Shuster Sees Primary Challenge (Politico) Embracing TOD in Atlanta, Portland, Charlotte and Phoenix (Progressive Railroading) Why Are Trains Fatter, Slower and More Expensive for the U.S.? (NY Observer) Slate: Let’s Stop It With the Parking Mandates Share Your City Cycling Wisdom With the NYT Podcast: Smart Growth for Conservatives (with Bacon’s Rebellion) Model Smart … Continued
July 11, 2013