Today’s Headlines
- Early high speed rail construction changes have people freaking out about cost overruns (LA Times)
- Sacramento ponders sales tax for transportation, releases potential project list (Sacramento Bee)
- Yet another study shows link between driving to work, obesity (Cyclelicious)
- ICYMI: Entitlement: the most dangerous kind of distracted driving (Macleans Magazine)
- “Experts” are having a hard time predicting how quickly renewable energy is expanding—and that's a problem (Vox)
- Why cities keep expanding highways, even though that doesn't solve congestion (CityLab)
- Caltrans, FHWA create “Innovation Council” for transportation (Equipment World)
- Mapping the country's affordable housing deficit (CityLab)
- Have we reached “peak Millennial”? Nah (City Commentary)
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