Streetsblog

Today’s Headlines

U.S. DOT reports that traffic deaths fell to a 55-year low in 2009 as LaHood vows to make more progress (WaPo Blogs) Brookings’ Rob Puentes anticipates the Senate’s soon-to-arrive “tri-partisan” motor fuel tax, noting that the devil will be in the details (TNR’s The Avenue) Speaking of that “tri-partisan” climate bill, Boxer admits that while … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:52 AM EST on March 12, 2010

Sponsored

U.S. DOT reports that traffic deaths fell to a 55-year low in 2009 as LaHood vows to make more progress (WaPo Blogs)
Brookings’ Rob Puentes anticipates the Senate’s soon-to-arrive “tri-partisan” motor fuel tax, noting that the devil will be in the details (TNR’s The Avenue)
Speaking of that “tri-partisan” climate bill, Boxer admits that while she supports the concept, “Would I rather have my bill? Yes” (MoJo Blog)
LaHood applauds Wyoming, the 20th state to ban texting behind the wheel — which took the U.S. DOT’s flawed sample legislation as a guide for its bill (DOT Press)
L.A.’s ambitious 30/10 transit proposal likely to require significant help from Washington (WSJ)
Eight of the world’s most well-traveled high-speed trains, in pictures (HuffPost)
Baltimore could see cuts to its transit aid from the state of Maryland (Balt. Sun)
Google’s new bike-mapping feature may have some bugs (NYP)
Greece’s transportation systems getting upended by large labor strikes (NYT)

Elana Schor

Streetsblog

Support Streetsblog

Comments Are Temporarily Disabled

Streetsblog is in the process of migrating our commenting system. During this transition, commenting is temporarily unavailable.

Once the migration is complete, you will be able to log back in and will have full access to your comment history. We appreciate your patience and look forward to having you back in the conversation soon.