Today’s Headlines
(Graphic: Fast Company) The U.S. electric grid is going to need a makeover if electric cars ever take off (above graphic and full story at Fast Company) LaHood to visit MIT today to talk high-tech distracted driving solutions (AP) Americans who learn to love Amtrak, warts and all (WashPost) A look at the private-sector companies … Continued
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7:55 AM EDT on May 3, 2010
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(Graphic: Fast Company)- The U.S. electric grid is going to need a makeover if electric cars ever take off (above graphic and full story at Fast Company)
- LaHood to visit MIT today to talk high-tech distracted driving solutions (AP)
- Americans who learn to love Amtrak, warts and all (WashPost)
- A look at the private-sector companies vying for a piece of Florida’s high-speed rail action (Tampa Trib)
- Virginia to sell $500m in new transport bonds — but does it portend a long-term plan from Gov. McDonnell (R)? (Examiner)
- A Connecticut transit advocate makes the case for focusing on rail, not buses, in the Hartford-New Britain area (Courant)
- PA state lawmakers suggests doubling transit fares to help pay for roads … (Trib-Review)
- … as a grim new report pegs the state’s unmet transport needs at $3B (Inquirer)
- Seattle area developer sues to stop the city’s planned light rail expansion (S. Times)
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