Today’s Headlines
GOP Platform: Less Funds for Amtrak, More for Highways (The Hill) The Takeaway Chats with Mica at RNC PATH Unveils Shiny $66M New Command Center (Daily Record, Jersey Journal) MassDOT U Course Offering: “How Can I Help You Today?” (Boston.com) Look What They Did in the Netherlands: A “Floating” Bike Roundabout (Atlantic Cities) Anaheim Plans … Continued
August 29, 2012
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DOT Talks Freight Policy (Journal of Commerce, Aiken Leader) Connecticut Transit Boss Defends Hartford Bus Project (AP) Atlantic Cities Looks at Georgia’s Rising Pedestrian Deaths Proposed Wyoming Law Would Raise Gas Tax, Car Registration Fees (Billings Gazette) Keystone Politics Opines: Transit’s Gotta Be #1 for Funding in Pennsylvania How D.C. Metro Can Write a Better … Continued
August 24, 2012
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LaHood: Feds Will Help with Boise Transit, Including Streetcar (Idaho Statesman, Boise Weekly) NJ Increases Police Presence for Buses (NJ.com) Today in Paranoia: Stanley Kurtz Says Obama Schemes to Kill the Suburbs (Next American City) The Buzz on Freeway Removals (Planetizen) Chicago Plans to “Decrowd” Transit (Chicago Tribune) Long Beach Unfolds Bike-Sharing Plans (Treehugger) A Look … Continued
August 23, 2012
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LaHood Cites Progress on Detroit Transit Authority (Detroit News, Free Press) Feds to Host Meeting on Rail Future for NE Corridor (AP) Bike Lanes Are Better When Separated, and Most Any Barrier Will Do (Atlantic Cities) Buffalo, NY Could See Smarter Growth (AP) Augusta Warned on Contingencies for Sales Tax Projects (Augusta Chronicle) Portland City Council … Continued
August 22, 2012
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States Must Find Uses for $473M in Unspent Transpo Funds (Transpo Issues Daily) Gas Tax Hike Likely on the Table for 2013 (Barron’s) Pittsburgh Transit Union Offers Concessions to Avoid Cuts, Layoffs (Post-Gazette) LaHood Hopes for Detroit Streetcar Announcement Soon (Detroit News) As Generations Shift, Driving Decreases (Grist) Was There an Airplane Bias Behind CA … Continued
August 20, 2012
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Three National Bike Orgs Opt Against Merger (Bikes Belong) LaHood to Announce $470M for State Road, Bridge Repairs (WaPo) Oahu Rail Could Affect Senate Race (AP) Turning Dallas’s 55+ DART Stations Into Cultural Plazas (GOOD) L.A. Times: Acela Defies Bullet Train Skeptics Colorado Investigates High-Speed Transit Tech (AP) Next American City: Philly Can’t Ignore Its … Continued
August 17, 2012
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Mica Victory: What Does It Signal for Transpo Politics? (The Hill) Amtrak Would Be on Romney’s Chopping Block (Think Progress) Google Maps Ups Its Game With Public Transit Info (Marketing Pilgrim, CNET) NE High-Speed Rail Skips Philly’s 30th Street Station (Next American City) Is the Streetcar Revival a Fad? (WSJ) Transpo Leaders Gather for Summit … Continued
August 16, 2012
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Mica Fends Off Adams in Florida (AP, Roll Call) Lessons for Atlanta: How to Pass a Transpo Referendum (Atlantic Cities) LaHood, Local Leaders Demand Reform for Board in Charge of Dulles Rail (WaPo, The Hill) Boston Globe: The T Scares Off Contractors MARTA Continues With Rail Expansion, Despite T-SPLOST Defeat (Progressive Railroading) West Palm Beach … Continued
August 15, 2012
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LaHood, Schock Disagree on High-Speed Rail (CBS Chicago) Full Speed Ahead for $1B “All Aboard Florida” (Miami Herald) Rahm Emanuel on Chicago Infrastructure (Bloomberg Business Week) Bikeplanner.org: Better than Google Maps? (GGW) Houston Metro Gets $188M for Light Rail (Houston Chronicle) D.C.-Area Express Lanes Will Create More Congestion (Transpo Nation) CA Auto Dealer Says “Yes, … Continued
August 10, 2012
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Rail Industry Will Spend About $20B on Safety Tech to Meet Congressional Mandate (Information Week) Funding Breakdowns of MAP-21 (BikeLeague) Adams Calls Mica’s Amtrak Gripes “An Election-Year Stunt” (The Hill) VA Senate Rivals Agree on State Control for Dulles Rail (Examiner) Portland Debuts America’s First “Bike Counter” on Bridge (Bike Portland) Will the Next Big Bike Boom Happen in Latin … Continued
August 9, 2012