Today’s Headlines
Though GOP Seems to be Warming to Gas Tax Increase, There’s Still Reluctance (The Hill, WaPo) Study Finds Link Between Cheap Gas and Highway Fatalities (HuffPo) Could Boston Handle the Olympics? (Boston Globe) L.A. Times: Future Generations Need the Bullet Train In Atlanta, a Racial Divide Between the City and the Suburbs (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) 24 Private Companies Vie … Continued
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8:55 AM EST on January 9, 2015
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- Though GOP Seems to be Warming to Gas Tax Increase, There’s Still Reluctance (The Hill, WaPo)
- Study Finds Link Between Cheap Gas and Highway Fatalities (HuffPo)
- Could Boston Handle the Olympics? (Boston Globe)
- L.A. Times: Future Generations Need the Bullet Train
- In Atlanta, a Racial Divide Between the City and the Suburbs (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- 24 Private Companies Vie to Run L.A. Streetcar (Curbed LA)
- Pressure Mounts for Minneapolis Board to Drop Objections to Light Rail (Minn Post)
- In Cincinnati, Tesla-Based Ridesharing Company Takes on Uber (Cincinnati Biz Journal)
- New Hampshire Governor Stresses Need for Commuter Rail to Boston (AP)
- When Are Public-Private Partnerships the Right Fit? (GGW)
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