Today’s Headlines
To Understand the Rage in Charlotte, Look to the History of Its Roads (ThinkProgress) G-7 Welcomes U.S. Driverless Car Guidelines (Seattle Times) Voters in NJ, Illinois Could Opt to Protect Transportation Funds (Governing) BRT Posed as Answer to Miami’s Traffic Congestion (Miami Herald) If DC Metro Cancels Late-Night Service, Can Uber and Lyft Fill the Gap? (WaPo) … Continued
September 26, 2016
Today’s Headlines
New Bill Could Bring Airport-Like Security to U.S. Rail (Skift) Study: Personal Car Ownership Will Peak by 2021 (WaPo) Older Adults Are the Fastest-Growing Group of U.S. Drivers (Orlando Sentinel) Lawmakers Debate Fuel Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas Standards (The Hill) Meet Some of DC’s Ex-Metro Riders (WaPo) House Bill Would Reimburse Federal Workers for Ride-Sharing (The … Continued
September 23, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Obama Vows Self-Driving Cars Will Be Safe as Feds Unveil New Guidelines (Post-Gazette, WaPo) $200B in Transpo Funding in Play in Elections Across the Country (StarTrib) U.S. DOT’s Mayors Challenge Winners Include Myrtle Beach, Norwalk (Sun News, The Hour) Detroit-Area Health Officials Back Tax Increase for Transit (Detroit News) Bicycling Mag Profiles America’s “Most Bike-Crazy Mayor” Could Human Drivers … Continued
September 20, 2016
Today’s Headlines
Conflicting Regulations Make for Uncertain Path Forward for Self-Driving Cars (The Hill) Lyft Prez: Car Ownership Will “All But End” in Major Cities By 2025 (Fortune) Bicycling Mag Names Chicago the Nation’s “Most Bike-Friendly City” (Chicago Trib) Even Congress Seems to Have Lost Faith in DC Metro’s Repair Deadline (WaPo) How Light Rail Could Change the Game … Continued
September 19, 2016
Today’s Headlines
House Supports Including Uber in Transit Benefits for Federal Employees (The Hill) Nashville Marks 10 Years of Commuter Rail (Tennessean) Chinese Investors Look Into Twin Cities High-Speed Rail (Finance & Commerce) Will Minneapolis Greenway Stretch Beyond Its First Five Blocks? (Next City) “Radio Silence” From NJTransit During Transpo Funding Shutdown (TSTC) Building Better Bike Lanes, With Help … Continued
September 16, 2016
Today’s Headlines
NY Times Looks at the Transformative Impact of Atlanta’s BeltLine In Nashville, “Eye-Popping” Pedestrian Bridge Will Link Two Neighborhoods (Tennessean) Slate Covers TransitCenter’s Latest Report on Public Transit and Private Mobility Companies To Save Kids’ Lives, LA Needs Walkable Streets (LA Times) New Proterra Electric Bus Model Can Go 18 Hours Without a Charge (International Biz Times) Feds … Continued
September 13, 2016
Today’s Headlines
In Bay Area, Ford Buys Shuttle Startup, Gets Into Bike-Share (SF Gate) GGW: With Cuts, DC Metro Could Have Most Limited Hours of Any Large U.S. System U.S. DOT’s Largest Loan Ever Goes to Amtrak Upgrades (WaPo) Four Cities Get Foundation Support to “Reimagine the Civic Commons” (Next City) Cincinnati Streetcar Debuted With Free Rides This Weekend (WLWT) … Continued
September 12, 2016
Today’s Headlines
DOT Doles Out $211M to Boost Buses Nationwide (Fast Lane) DC Metro Weighs Painful Service Cuts (WaPo) The Long and Winding Road That Led to Cincinnati’s New Streetcar (Enquirer) Hartford’s I-84 Could Become Developable Land (CT Mirror) The House That’s Been Hit By Six Cars in Nine Years (Fast Coexist) Could DC-Baltimore High-Speed Rail Happen in Three Years? (AP) … Continued
September 9, 2016
Today’s Headlines
A Look at Google’s Plans to Shake Up the Ride-Hailing Industry (HuffPo) DOT Unveils National Transit Map (GovTech) Delaware, Other States Follow Oregon With Pay-By-the-Mile Plans (Delaware State News, KTOO) How Pittsburgh Became the Testing Ground for Uber’s Self-Driving Cars (WaPo) Baltimore Sun Looks at the GOP/Dem Divide on Transit Will Tennesseans Ride a New $6B Transit System? (Tennessean) Georgia Lawmakers Grapple With Atlanta’s … Continued
September 6, 2016
Today’s Headlines
The High Prices of Big-City Living Aren’t Good for Anyone (New Yorker) Biden to Announce New Funding for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (AP) Japan Gives $2M for DC-Washington High-Speed Rail Study (Washington Biz Journal) Seattle Light Rail Sees 76% Increase in Ridership (Seattle PI) GGW: Can the DC Metro Achieve the Culture Change It Needs? With Cheap Gas, … Continued
August 26, 2016