Today’s Headlines
T-SPLOST Defeat: Not Necessarily a Bellwether (The Hill, Transportation for America) Chicago Plans 33 Miles of Bike Lanes This Year (HuffPo) “Walk Appeal” Might Be More Useful Than “Walk Score” (Atlantic Cities) Feds Using More Cars… But They’re Fuel Efficient (WaPo) Memphis City Council Puts Gas Tax on Ballot (Daily News) Mercury News: Only “Declinists” … Continued
August 8, 2012
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Senate Panel Resurrects Transit Commuter Tax Parity (Business Insurance) NYT Ethicist Gives the Thumbs-Up to Scofflaw Cycling Adams Ad Targets Mica’s Work on Transportation Bill (The Hill) Amtrak Honcho Gets Optimistic About High-Speed Rail in Transportation Nation Interview WaPo: New Watchdog Must Restore Faith in Silver Lane San Diego Leaders Explain Support for Bullet Train (U-T San Diego) … Continued
August 7, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Highways Get $363 Million from DOT (Transpo Nation) Mica: Amtrak’s Gotta Stop Losing Money on Food & Drink (The Hill, Bloomberg) Aug 13 Webinar: What Can MAP-21 Do For Cycling and Walking? Why Are Bike Advocates Angry at Olympic Cyclist’s Call for Helmets? (Treehugger) Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin Blogs About T-SPLOST Defeat When Congestion … Continued
August 3, 2012
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It’s Never Too Early: Preparing for the Next Federal Transpo Bill (Transpo Issues Daily) Gripes Arise Over Access to New AASHTO Guide (Planetizen) LaHood Criticizes “Dysfunctional” Dulles Rail Board (Examiner) GA Governor, Mayor at Odds on Revisiting Transpo Tax (AJC) “Transit Village” Concept Catches on in Jersey (NorthJersey.com) How Cities Evolve, in Satellite Time Lapse … Continued
August 2, 2012
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The Votes Are In: GA Axes T-SPLOST (AJC) EPA, HUD, DOT Team Up to Increase State Transpo Options White House Honors Transportation’s “Champions of Change” Former Ventura Mayor: “Put Things Closer Together, the Services Cost Less” (CNN) Pittsburgh Hopes for Last-Minute Save on “Historic” Transit Cuts (TribLive) Was APTA Wrong, or Are Philly Commuters Too … Continued
August 1, 2012
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This Morning: LaHood Makes “Major Announcement” on TIFIA Loans (The Hill) Creative Ways to Use Federal Funds for Bike Projects (BikeLeague) FTA’s New Oversight Should Make for Safer Commutes (The Hill) Miami Gets Train-to-Plane Connection, After 28 Years (Miami Herald) Creative Loafing: It’s Not Perfect, But T-SPLOST Deserves a Yes High-Speed Rail Critics Bail on … Continued
July 27, 2012
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LaHood Delivers $10M for Miami Buses to Go Hybrid (Miami Herald) GA Bike Advocates and Environmental Groups (Minus Sierra Club) Support T-SPLOST Amtrak’s Ready With Plan for NE Corridor, Whenever the Money Comes (NYT) In Question: $2B in Transit Upgrades for CA High-Speed Rail (Planetizen) Academia Shows New Respect for Cycling (Pacific Standard) D.C.’s Union … Continued
July 26, 2012
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LaHood Touts $787M in Public Transpo Grants (Hill) MAP-21 Could Have Been “Much Worse” Without Cyclists’ Input (BikeLeague) Under Pressure: Public Transport for the London Olympics (WaPo, AP) T-SPLOST Critics Point to Construction, Maintenance Costs; Vow to “Get It Right Next Time” (AJC) Did Brookings Study Miss the Mark With SLC Ranking? (Salt Lake Tribune) … Continued
July 25, 2012
Today’s Headlines
LaHood Calls Transpo Bill “Highway Centric” (Transpo Nation) AFL-CIO Transpo Union Says Romney Needs Economics Lesson (The Hill) Mica: Atlanta Should Pass Transpo Tax If It Wants Fed Dollars (Saporta Report) The Weak Spots of MAP-21 (The Hill) Bullet Train Pumps $100M to San Diego’s Local Projects (North County Times) SFO Plans Bike-Share for Airport … Continued
July 20, 2012
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Jerry Brown Signs $8 Billion Bill for CA Bullet Train (Transpo Nation, (Mercury News) LaHood Praises Colorado’s Bus Rapid Transit as Rural Model (Post Independent) Orlando Sentinel Sees Mixed Signals From Mica on I-4 Toll Atlanta Mayor Foresees Victory for Georgia Transpo Tax (The Hill) Seriously? Brookings: Driverless Cars Could Be Better Option Than CA High-Speed … Continued
July 19, 2012