Today’s Headlines

• New Leadership at MTA Can Bring Change to Way Metro Looks at Modalism (SoapBox)
• Happy Birthday Purple Line, Now About That Abandoned Tunnel…(Metro Rider)
• Is Light Rail the Right Transit Mode for America’s Metro Areas? (Citiwire)
• Envisioning a Rail System for Central Ohio (Xing Columbus via Streetsblog.net)
• Anaheim Moving on Intermodal Transit Center (Earth Times)
• New Orleans Considers Tearing Down Claiborne Expressway (Times-Pic via Planetizen)
• Trutanich Criticizes City Passed Billboard Plan (Times)
• The Problem(s) With Your Standard Signalized Intersection (How We Drive)

More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill