Today’s Headlines
Will Obama Fight Sprawl With His Housing Policy? (Grist) EPA to Limit Carbon Emissions from Trucks… (Reuters) …Just As U.S Chamber Sues Over Greenhouse Gas “Endangerment” Finding (NYT) Landmark Study Offers Clues About NYC Pedestrian Deaths (NYT, Streetsblog NYC) Meanwhile, Bloomberg Says Hundreds of New Traffic Signals Will Improve Safety (AP) Buckle Up: Feds Pitch … Continued
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Adam Voiland
9:06 AM EDT on August 17, 2010
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- Will Obama Fight Sprawl With His Housing Policy? (Grist)
- EPA to Limit Carbon Emissions from Trucks… (Reuters)
- …Just As U.S Chamber Sues Over Greenhouse Gas “Endangerment” Finding (NYT)
- Landmark Study Offers Clues About NYC Pedestrian Deaths (NYT, Streetsblog NYC)
- Meanwhile, Bloomberg Says Hundreds of New Traffic Signals Will Improve Safety (AP)
- Buckle Up: Feds Pitch Plan to Require Seat Belts on Motor Coach Buses (UPI, Fast Lane)
- White House Aims to Curb Oil Drilling Permits in Wake of Spill (FT)
- High-Speed Rail Applications Surge (Reuters)
- Wisconsin Gov Hopeful Hates Rail So Much He’d Give Back $810 Million to Feds (AP)
- There’s No Such Thing as Free Parking (NYT)
- Villaraigosa: We Need a Bicycle Helmet Law for People Over 18 (LA Weekly)
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