Today’s Headlines
Obama: U.S. Infrastructure “Embarrassing” Compared to China (The Hill, Bloomberg) On the Hill, Petri, Blumenauer Push for 15-Cent Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) Deadline Extensions Give MD’s New Governor More Time on Purple Line (Baltimore Sun) CicLAvia Continues Tradition of Letting People Take Over the Streets (Next City) NYC’s Noah Budnick to Head San Francisco Bike … Continued
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Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EST on December 4, 2014
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- Obama: U.S. Infrastructure “Embarrassing” Compared to China (The Hill, Bloomberg)
- On the Hill, Petri, Blumenauer Push for 15-Cent Gas Tax Hike (The Hill)
- Deadline Extensions Give MD’s New Governor More Time on Purple Line (Baltimore Sun)
- CicLAvia Continues Tradition of Letting People Take Over the Streets (Next City)
- NYC’s Noah Budnick to Head San Francisco Bike Coalition (Streetsblog SF)
- WaPo: DC Taxpayers Left “Holding the Bag” in Streetcar Debacle
- In Dallas, Opponents Fight Another Downtown Highway (Dallas News)
- Connecticut Needs to Make Some Big Transportation Decisions in Coming Years (Hartford Courant)
- Could BWI Emulate Oakland’s New Airport Train? (GGW)
- First Mile Laid for Honolulu Rail (KHON)
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