Today’s Headlines
Dems Look to Infrastructure to Create Jobs (Politico) Senate Votes to Axe $6 Billion in Ethanol Subsidies (CBS) Republican Presidential Hopefuls Reject Action on Climate Change (CSM) Schumer: Infrastructure Investments Will Create Jobs (The Hill) Tom Vanderbilt on What Makes a Place Livable (Sierra Club) Surprise: The Long Island Railroad Owns the Back Yard (NYT) … Continued
June 20, 2011
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Can Tony Knowles Help America Kick Its Oil Habit? (NYT) A City With No Corners Is No City At All (HuffPo) Pavement Fouls the Air in More Ways Than One (Scientific American) Feds Take Flak for Slow Bus Safety Shutdowns (SFGate) Uptick in Crime Sparks Action from Metro Police (Transpo Nation) Did Southwest Really Kill High-Speed … Continued
June 13, 2011
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Smart Use of Smartphone Data Tracks Trains in Real Time (NYT) Haley Barbour: Obama Trying to Keep Gas Prices High (WaPo) Most Inspiring Bit of Biking Advice You’ll Ever Get From a Kindergartener (HuffPo) California High-Speed Rail Project Has Plenty of Critics (SacBee) The Interstate Highway System: A Blessing and a Curse (WSJ) The Man … Continued
June 6, 2011
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Sec. LaHood on Dulles Metro: Federal Government Not a “Cash Cow” (WaPo) Former North Carolina Govs Go to Bat for High-Speed Rail (The Hill) London Congestion Charge: No Free Pass for Obama Motorcade (NYT) Climate Change Will Worsen Ozone Health Problems (USA Today) Study: Florida Rail Line Would Have an Operating Surplus (Miller-McCune) Right or Wrong, … Continued
June 3, 2011
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Can Life Cycle Budgeting Reduce Infrastructure Costs? (The Hill) Palin: America Should Ditch All Energy Subsidies (Politico) Sec. LaHood Aims to Defuse Standoff Over Dulles Metro Stop (WaPo) Return of Intercity Rail Spurs Development in New England (Mass Live) Bike Share Stats for Toronto Looking Better and Better (Blog TO) Big Four Could Offer the … Continued
June 1, 2011
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Top Dem: Let’s Keep Higher Gas Taxes on the Table (The Hill) Sprawl Boosts Chances of Deadly Tornado Strikes (CBS) Why Buses and Rail Can and Should Coexist (Transport Politic) Lettered New York City Subway Lines Get an “A+” (NYT) Cyclists, Pedestrians Don’t Get Fair Share of Safety Funds (LAB) Study: Men Walking and Biking … Continued
May 25, 2011
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Here’s Rep. Mica’s Solution to Our Transportation Mess (Politico) Where’s the “Adult Conversation” About Energy? (NYT) Amtrak Turns to Private Sector for Northeast Corridor Funding Boost (The Hill) Can DC Afford to Keep Metro Running? (The Transport Politic) Environment Takes Shellacking as Obama’s Reelection Fight Nears (LAT) Lady Gaga Dress Makes Clean Air a Fashion Statement … Continued
May 23, 2011
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Break the High Gas Price Cycle on This Bike to Work Day (LAB, AP) Bikes: A Missing Piece of the Energy Puzzle (BikePortland) Transpo Groups to Senators: Slashing Services Has Consequences (AHN) Will Rick Scott Kill Another High-Speed Rail Line in Florida? (Orlando Sentinel) Biden, Salazar Make the Case for Clean Energy (Politico, The Hill) High-Speed … Continued
May 20, 2011
Today’s Headlines
White House: Executive Agency — Not Congress — Should Fund Amtrak (The Hill) Financial Potholes Ahead for the Highway Trust Fund (Wall Street Pit) Pols Fling Blame for Gas Prices as Senate Upholds Tax Breaks for Big Oil (Politico) Study: Crumbling Infrastructure Threatens America (WaPo) Amtrak Enjoys Record Ridership Even as Financial Problems Linger (AltTransport, WSJ) Oregonian Article … Continued
May 18, 2011
Today’s Headlines
New Jersey Commuters Suffer Under Chris Christie (NYT) Sen. Bingaman: Tapping Petroleum Reserve Off the Table (The Hill) White House Gambles GM Revival Will Trump Bailout Foes (Politico) Honolulu (!?) Tops List of Best Transit Cities (Time) Pittsburgh’s Particulate Problem Lingers (Rustwire) Rahm Emanuel Enters Office With a Smart Transportation Reform Agenda (The Transport Politic) … Continued
May 16, 2011