Today’s Headlines
Is it Cool if Detroit ‘Burbs Don’t Pay for the New Regional Transit Authority? (Detroit Free Press) California High-Speed Rail Board OKs $96M, Two More Years for Contractor (Mercury News) GM First Automaker to Sign Onto Climate Declaration (The Hill) LaHood in Rochelle, Ill: Rail Investment’s Good for the Economy (Progressive Railroading) Is a “Delmarva” … Continued
May 3, 2013
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WaPo Fleshes Out Anthony Foxx’s Profile NRDC Switchboard: How Can Smart Growth Get Smarter? (And a Reaction From Treehugger) LaHood: Houston’s Gotta “Get Its Act Together” on Transit (Houston Chron) For Sixth Year, Washington is No. 1 “Bike-Friendly State” (The Olympian, USA Today) Why Did Indiana Plunge in the Bike Rankings? (Indy Star) Pittsburgh Busways Get International … Continued
May 2, 2013
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Mayors See “One of Their Own” Rise with Foxx Pick (Memphis Biz Journal) What Legacy Does LaHood Leave? (NPR) In California, More Delays Threaten July Start for Bullet Train Build (LAT) Higher Gas Tax Kicks in Next Week in Vermont (Land Line) Bloggers for Sierra Club, CP&DR Share Foxx Anecdotes …and Planetizen Rounds Up Predictions on Foxx Which Cities … Continued
May 1, 2013
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Across the World, 500 Cities Now Have Bike-Share (TreeHugger, ENS) Which States Have the Highest Gas Tax? (Motley Fool) More Than a Third of U.S. Buses Powered By Alternative Fuels (USA Today) NJ Transit Tries Out Smartphone Ticketing (WSJ) Chicago Rolls Forward with Bike Share, BRT Project (Streetsblog CHI, Human Transit) Minnesota DOT Tries To Sell Gas Tax Hike … Continued
April 26, 2013
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The Highway Trust Fund Is Pretty Screwed (Governing, Stateline) Lawmakers Debate How to Plug the $92B Funding Hole (Land Line) American Lung Association Ranks “State of the Air” in U.S. Cities (HuffPo, Atlantic Wire) …For 13th Time, L.A Has “Dirtiest Air” (ABC News, KPCC) Low Grades Also for D.C. Area, Philly, Utah Detroit Free Press: “Don’t Do Dumb Stuff That … Continued
April 25, 2013
Today’s Headlines
More Chatter About Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as the Next Transpo Secretary (Charlotte Observer) Oregon Governor: Columbia River Crossing Will Die Without Light Rail (Seattle Times) Are We Overestimating How Much a VMT Tax Would Hurt Rural Drivers? (Trans Issues Daily) How Income Affects Gax Tax Reactions (Bacon’s Rebellion) Vermont Lawmakers Try for Compromise on Gas Tax … Continued
April 24, 2013
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California Farmers Settle in High-Speed Rail Case (Reuters), But More Delays Could Be Ahead (WaPo) CDC: 47,000 Pedestrian Deaths Between 2001 and 2010 (Atlantic Cities) Metro Detroit Tops Nation in Job Sprawl (MLive, Yahoo) Cost of Car Ownership Rose by 2 Percent Last Year (Next City) In Minnesota, Lots of Debate Over How to Fund Transpo … Continued
April 19, 2013
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Shuster’s Brought in a Lot of Campaign Cash as Transpo Chair (Politico) Brookings: Downtowns Weathered the Recession Better Than the Burbs (Next City) … But Job Sprawl Was High in Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Lee County, FL UN Report: Sustainable City Infrastructures Promote Economic Growth Twin Cities Transit Expansion = Jobs (Star Tribune) GGW on Why Portland’s … Continued
April 18, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Maryland Wants Federal Support for Two Big Light Rail Projects (Baltimore Sun) Pennsylvania Senate Plan Would Raise Gas Tax, Driver Fees (AP) House Dems in Washington State Look at 10-Cent Gas Tax Hike (AP) In Wake of Boston, Transit Systems Beef Up Security: St. Louis, Jersey Mayor’s Budget in Philly Includes Bike-Share (Next City) Florida Signs $195M … Continued
April 17, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Florida Looks at Bike Safety Problems as Summit Takes Place (Tampa Bay Times, News Press) NRDC Switchboard: The Biggest Sprawl Isn’t Necessarily Where You’d Expect California Governor Rides China Bullet Chain, Looking for Inspiration and Investors (LAT, AP) Truck Industry Heaps Scorn on Obama’s Budget (FleetOwner) Reconciliation Could Be Possible on Massachusetts Transpo Funding (Boston Globe, AP) … Continued
April 12, 2013