Today’s Headlines
Transit Know-Nothing John Mica Could Become the Next U.S. Transpo Secretary (Florida Politics) Trump’s Transpo Transition Pick Is All About Building Roads (Curbed) Transportation Issues to Track During the Lame Duck Session (The Hill) Sound Transit Vows to Move Quickly on the $54B Package Voters Approved (Puget Sound Biz Journal) What $2.8B Could Do for Atlanta Transit (Next City) California High-Speed Rail … Continued
November 14, 2016
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Beware the Trump Infrastructure Plan (New Republic) The Guy in Charge of Transportation for Trump’s Transition Team Is an Industry Lobbyist (NYT) What the New White House Means for MD’s Purple Line (WaPo) Re-elected Miami Mayor Wants Bold Transit Expansion (Miami Herald) Meet the People Who Mobilized to Defeat Metro Detroit Transit Plan (Michigan CapCon) Chicago Races for Red Line Funds Before … Continued
November 11, 2016
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$200B in Transpo Money at Stake at U.S. Polls Today (WSJ) The Hill Rounds Up the Top 10 Ballots to Watch Will Atlanta Voters Double Down on the Streetcar? (Atlanta Mag) Philly Transit Strike Ends in Time for Election Day in Battleground State (LA Times) Lyft, Zipcar, Uber Offer Discounts for Voters (Consumerist) How Inner-City Highways … Continued
November 8, 2016
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What U.S. Mayors Want to See From the Next President (CityLab) LA Times: Care About Climate Change? Vote for Transit Phoenix Held Up as Model for Successful Transit Tax (AZ Central) Investigations Show NJ Transit Short on Cash, Staff, and Safety Oversight (NJ Spotlight) Earl Blumenauer Entreats Portlanders to Bike to Ballot (The Hill) Where Dems and … Continued
November 7, 2016
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On the Ballot 2016: Transpo Measures Across the Nation (TransportPolitic) NJ Transit Faces Lawmakers to Talk Safety Today (AP) DC Metro Board, Staff Divided on Killing Late-Night Service (WaPo) One Seattle Suburb Could Determine Light Rail Fate (Seattle Times) Could a Gondola Across the Potomac River Work? (GGW) Silicon Valley’s Car Commutes Even Worse Than LA’s (Mercury News) … Continued
November 4, 2016
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Four Things the Next President Should Do for Cities (Next City) Ride-Hailing Services Discriminate After All (CityLab) Pedestrian-Shaming Campaigns Are a Disgrace (Curbed) LA’s Traffic Attack Plan: Rail, Uber, Bikes, Density (LA Times) The Sun Sentinel Thinks South Florida Should Just Give Up on Its Smart Growth Plan Will Philly’s Transit Strike Affect Voting? (CNN) NJ Transit Is a Leader… … Continued
November 1, 2016
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Fare Hikes, Service Cuts, and Layoffs in DC Metro’s Proposed Budget (WaPo) American Prospect: For Next President, Greatest Challenge Will Be Infrastructure Will the Private Sector Take Over Public Transit? (Atlantic) Slate: How Zillow Ruined Urban Planning’s “Trick or Treat Test” Car-Centric Atlanta Considers New Transit Future (CS Monitor) Virginia Beach Faces Major Light Rail Vote … Continued
October 31, 2016
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What’ll Anthony Foxx Do When His Transpo Post Ends? (Charlotte Agenda) Is DIY Urbanism Only for White People? (WaPo) Feds Appoint New Boss for DC Metro Safety Oversight (WaPo) … And NJ Transit Hires Former Metro-North Prez to Look at Safety (AP) The Fear of High-Speed Trains (AP) Baltimore Bike-Share Launches Today (Baltimore Sun) What … Continued
October 28, 2016
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It’s a Record-Breaking Year for Transpo Ballot Measures (San Gabriel Valley Trib) Twin Cities’ Green Line Is Raising Housing Costs for Poor Residents (Pioneer Press) Senior NJ Transit Officials Miss Safety Hearing (AP) How Will the U.S. Handle Urban Population Growth? (WaPo) Maryland Gov Hogan Touts Purple Line as a Cure for Metro (AP) Should Biking on Downtown … Continued
October 24, 2016