Today’s Headlines
Roads Safer for Motorists, Increasingly Deadly for Pedestrians (USAToday) Despite Recent State-Imposed Bans, Texting While Driving On the Rise (WaPo) Blind Spots: USDOT Does Not Track Cost Overruns (Federal Times) Can Urban Transit Hub Revitalize New Jersey’s Cities? (NJSpotlight) HSR Aside, CA Has Major, ‘Quiet’ Transportation Problems (PublicCEO) San Francisco Transit Expanding to San Jose … Continued
8:54 AM EST on December 12, 2011
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- Roads Safer for Motorists, Increasingly Deadly for Pedestrians (USAToday)
- Despite Recent State-Imposed Bans, Texting While Driving On the Rise (WaPo)
- Blind Spots: USDOT Does Not Track Cost Overruns (Federal Times)
- Can Urban Transit Hub Revitalize New Jersey’s Cities? (NJSpotlight)
- HSR Aside, CA Has Major, ‘Quiet’ Transportation Problems (PublicCEO)
- San Francisco Transit Expanding to San Jose (Bay City News)
- Amidst NIMBY Protests, Better Rail for Boston Region Is Delayed (Transport Politic)
- Toronto’s ‘Urban Repair Squad’ Builds Bike Lanes For Its City (TreeHugger)
- Can Grassroots Planning Save What’s Good About Suburbanization? (NRDC)
- Every Driver Pays for Potholes (Transportation Issues Daily)
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