Today’s Headlines
Feds Mull Cell Phone Jammers as Tool to Fight Distracted Driving (Pop-Sci) In Milwaukee, Some 200 Rally for Rail (Journal Sentinel) Dreary Financial Situation Threatens Transportation in the Northeast (WSJ) Brookings Institution Maps How Urbanites Get Around (Infrastructurist) Tell Congress to Keep Transit Benefits on Equal Footing With Parking Benefits (T4America) Key Climate Contrarian Report Riddled … Continued
November 22, 2010
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Bloomberg-Backed Alternative to ARC Tunnel Emerges (NYT, Transpo Nation) More From Oberstar’s Final Press Conference (MinnPost) Sen. Reid Offers Assurances That Cap-And-Trade Is, in Fact, Dead (The Hill) Rep. Bachmann: Ban Earmarks Unless They Happen to Involve Transportation (HuffPo, Star Tribune) In Comparison to Peers, Traffic Safety Problems Languish in America (NPR) Texas Lags in … Continued
November 17, 2010
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Sea Levels Could Rise Three Feet This Century (NYT) Amtrak ARC Replacement Talks Grind to a Halt (Reuters) Rand Paul Revives Gulf Oil Spill Blame Game (The Hill) Deficit Proposal Puts Gas Tax Back in the Mix (CSP) Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida Govs May All Refuse Federal Rail Money (NPR) A Look at the Commuters of … Continued
November 15, 2010
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Who Will Chair the House Energy and Commerce Committee? (The Hill) No Need to Worry About Climate Change, Says Illinois Rep. John Shimkus (Politico) Even Fox Wonders Why America Has Been Left So Far Behind on High-Speed Rail (Fox Business News) Truckers’ Take on Local Election Results: Little Appetite for Transportation Initiatives. Really? (Land Line) … Continued
November 12, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Secretary LaHood Happy to Play Hardball With States Over Rail Funding (CNN) Oil Prices Are on the Rise Again — Are We Any Less Oil-Dependent Than We Were in 2008? (NPR) Florida Senator Pushes Back Against Anti-Rail Rhetoric (Politifact) After ARC Tunnel Debacle, Feds Want New Jersey to Return $270 Million (Reuters) Meanwhile, Cost-Cutting Gov. Christie … Continued
November 10, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Rep. Jerrold Nadler Discusses Post-Election Prospects for Transpo Bill (WNYC) A Few Dems Will Determine Fate of EPA’s Efforts to Regulate Carbon (Politico) Climatologists Plan Major Public Relations Offensive to Counter Skeptics (Tribune) Study: U.S. Headed For Obesity Rate of 42 Percent By 2050 (HealthDay) John Mica: No Florida HSR Without Private Sector Buy-In (Tampa … Continued
November 8, 2010
Today’s Headlines
Oberstar’s Ouster: Reflecting on the End of an Era (TNR, MPR) John Mica Wants More Rail Investment in the Northeast, Less Elsewhere (NYT Green) Meanwhile, Might Oberstar Reemerge as the Secretary of Transportation? (Star Trib) More Post-Election Analysis from the Post-Gazette Push for Smart Growth in Cities Irks Some Environmentalists (NYT) Are Greens Responsible for … Continued
November 5, 2010
Today’s Headlines
What Was at Stake in the Midterms? (Transpo Nation, Transport Politic, Grist, The Hill) In Upset, House Transportation Chair Jim Oberstar Ousted (UPI) Scott Walker, No Fan of Rail, Victorious in Wisconsin (AP) Rick Perry Wins; Will Emphasize Highway Construction in Texas (NYT, DMN) In Maryland, a Win for the Purple Line: O’Malley Holds Off Ehrlich (WaPo) … Continued
November 3, 2010
Today’s Headlines
ARC Aftermath: What to Do with $47 Million of Land? (NJ.com) Public Supportive, but LaHood Irked About ARC Cancellation (NJ.com, Bloomberg) Amtrak Invests in a New Generation of Locomotives (WaPo) Transportation Costs Emerge as Key Election Issue (Wired) EPA Girds for Attacks on Climate Science (LAT) Cars Ownership Losing its Luster Among Young Adults (Human … Continued
November 1, 2010
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Sen. Lautenberg Launches Probe into ARC Tunnel Demise (Star Ledger) LaHood: Death of ARC Won’t Stand in the Way of Larger Vision (Fast Lane) Meanwhile, Feds Put $2.5 Billion Aside for Rail (Transport Politic) When It Comes to Highway Widening Projects, Christie Sits Back and Watches Costs Soar (MTR) Oil Lobbyists, Polluters Pressure Senators to … Continued
October 29, 2010