Today’s Headlines
Obama to Adopt Deficit Commission Agenda — Including the Gas Tax? (WaPo) $1.5 Billion Cut to High-Speed Rail Could Grow Even Larger (HuffPo) Cuts to High-Speed Rail Won’t Affect Any Existing Projects (Bloomberg) DOT Got $300M in Florida Rail Money Out the Door Ahead of Potential Shutdown (JOC) Boehner and Obama Play Nice Over Budget … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:26 AM EDT on April 12, 2011
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- Obama to Adopt Deficit Commission Agenda — Including the Gas Tax? (WaPo)
- $1.5 Billion Cut to High-Speed Rail Could Grow Even Larger (HuffPo)
- Cuts to High-Speed Rail Won’t Affect Any Existing Projects (Bloomberg)
- DOT Got $300M in Florida Rail Money Out the Door Ahead of Potential Shutdown (JOC)
- Boehner and Obama Play Nice Over Budget (The Hill)
- ABC News: High Gas Prices Prompt Commuters to Ditch Cars
- Riders on High-Speed O’Hare Train Would Go Through Security Before Boarding Train (Tribune)
- Wendell Cox: European Congestion Three Times Worse Than in U.S. (NewGeography)
- Problems Surface With Electric Cars (AltTransport)
- China’s Celebrated Rail System is Part Bullet Trains, Part Rickety Second-Class Trains (Vancouver Sun)
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.
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