Today’s Headlines
Transit Union Targets Swing-State Voters (HuffPo) It’s Park(ing) Day! Bullet Train Gets “Fast Track” Treatment (Chronicle) Mica Goes After “Amtrak’s Gravy Train” The Best Idea for Transit Stations? Don’t Design Them for Transit Users (Planetizen) Group Commuting Rises in Popularity (USA Today) Wired Lists Seven Transit Apps for iOS 6 The Telegraph Questions New Hampshire’s … Continued
September 21, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Mica Set to Grill Amtrak Today (Transpo Nation) Feds OK First Step for California Bullet Train (LAT, Reuters) Transpo Issues Daily Examines Potential $1.5B in Transpo Cuts Virginia Gets Funds for 11 Miles of High-Speed Rail (WaPo, Transpo Nation) Transpo Union Criticizes Romney’s “47 Percent” Line (The Hill) It’s Car-Free Day Sept. 22, But Why … Continued
September 20, 2012
Today’s Headlines
APTA: Transit Use Rises With Rebounding Economies (The Hill, Progressive Railroading) Mica Hearing Tomorrow Looks at Amtrak Subsidies Streetcar Development: St. Louis vs. Portland (Transport Politic) Train Station Development: D.C. vs NYC (Planetizen) Adviser Watches Over Ethics on Silver Line Agency (WaPo) Massachusetts Takes Over Private Rail Line (Southborough Daily Voice) Debate Brews in Stamford, … Continued
September 19, 2012
Today’s Headlines
New Urbanism Guru Andres Duany Predicts a More Neighborly Future (USA Today) LaHood Poised to Make Transit Announcement in St. Cloud (SC Times) Why Do Riders Prefer a Slow Subway Ride to Commuter Rail? (Pedestrian Observations) Bike League Launches “Women Bike” Mass DOT Contracts for Design of Medford Light Rail (Railway Age) Virginia Gets $52M … Continued
September 14, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Detroit-to-Chicago Rail Gets Critical Boost (NWI) ProWalk/ProBike Founding Father Recalls How DC’s I-695 Disappeared (PPS) Farmers Need Appeasing on CA High-Speed Rail (AP) Private Firm Works Out “All Aboard Florida” Plans (Orlando Sentinel) Why It’s Smart to Build a Bike-Friendly Business District (Transpo Issues Daily) GA Sees No Consensus on Transpo Funding (OnlineAthens) Will WMATA … Continued
September 13, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Mica: Amtrak Should Get Out of the Commuter Rail Biz (The Hill, Bloomberg) Boxer Pushes for MAP-21 Funding Levels in 2013 (The Hill) AJC Looks at Georgia’s Post-TSPLOST Options Is Maryland County Ready to Join D.C.’s Bike-Share? (Transpo Nation) Chicago Looks to Build Transpo Center Near Union Station (Sun Times) Will Millennials Stay Rooted to … Continued
September 12, 2012
Today’s Headlines
More Oil and Gas Drilling Won’t Do Much to Keep U.S. Energy Prices Down (NYT) Smart Growth Leader: We Need to Retire the Word “Urbanism” (Atlantic Cities) LaHood Skips DNC (The Hill) “People-Powered Buses” Help Convention Transpo (Earth Techling) HuffPo: All Development Is Not Equal, When It Comes to Jobs Smart Growth Fail: Treasury Department … Continued
September 6, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Convention City Contrasts: Light Rail Gives Charlotte the Edge (Tampa Bay Times) FTA Boss Announces Bus Expansions in Maine, NH (AP) The Sun-Times Delves Into Chicago Bike Crashes NY Congresswoman Maloney Calls for High-Speed Rail Linking NYC to Canada (Globe and Mail) Maryland Planner: “I Hate to Use the Word Smart Growth, But…” (Gazette) Can High-Speed Rail … Continued
September 5, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Streetsblog will be on a light publishing schedule today and back to normal on Tuesday.
August 31, 2012
Today’s Headlines
GOP Platform Officially Adopts Agenda 21 Fearmongering (Atlantic Cities, NYT) The Practical Problem With Cars: They Take Up Space (GGW) Upcoming Bike League Webinar: How to Win Bike Funding Under MAP-21 Columbus, Mississippi Considers Public Transit (AP) How Distorted Subway Maps Affect Our Choices (Smithsonian) Houston Dives Into Car-Sharing (AutoblogGreen) Google Maps Adds Voice Directions … Continued
August 30, 2012