Today’s Headlines

by Kathryn Reid Moore

  • Study: Traffic Collisions Cost $299.5 Billion a Year, Leading Killer of Americans 5-34 (National Journal)
  • Commuter Transit Tax Benefit Set to Expire This Year (TransNat)
  • Detroit Buses Back in Service After Strike Over Safety for Drivers (Hill, Detroit News)
  • CA HSR: To Build Big and Bold or Small and Less Costly? (Politico)
  • Obama’s Vision for HSR Across America Continues to Stall (MSNBC)
  • Op-Ed: Sprawl Is the Real Enemy of Rural Living (Baltimore Sun)
  • Chicago Hopes to Boost Transit Use by Allowing Buses on Shoulders (Chicago Tribune)
  • Los Angeles’s Disadvantaged Population Denied Transportation Options (NRDC)
  • Amsterdam, Portland Show That Bikes and Light Rail Are Allies (GGW)
  • Spinlister Company Aims to Bring Peer-to-Peer Bike Sharing (BikePortland)