Today’s Headlines
Boehner’s Trying to Win Votes for House Bill By Making It More Extreme (Transpo Nation) Boxer: Making Transportation Policy “Uglier” Than Making Sausage (League) What Would More Local Control of Transportation Spending Mean? (TTPolitic) Politico Op-Ed: Transportation Policy Should Focus on Innovation, Not Shovels USDOT Asks Carmakers to Make Dashboards Less Distracting (BikePortland) Teen Driving Deaths … Continued
February 17, 2012
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House Transportation Bill Headed for a Cliff (Hill) New York Republicans May Defect on Transportation Bill (TransNat) Congress Considers Federal Oversight of Subways (WaPo) Some GOP Trying to Delay Mandated Rail Safety Technology (LATimes) Grist Recaps the Bad News for a Shockingly Terrible Transportation Bill How and Why to Start Your Own Hybrid Rental Car … Continued
February 13, 2012
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Finance Committee Finds $9.6 Billion for Senate Transportation Bill (Hill) House Transportation Bill Emerges From a Beating in Committee (WaPo) GOP Transportation Bill Lurches Forward, But Where’s the Money? (Politico) Angry About the House Transportation Bill? T4America Wants You! Should It Take Decades to Build a Subway? How to Fix Our Transit System (Salon) GOP … Continued
February 8, 2012
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T4America Coalition Announces Opposition to House Energy and Transportation Bill Nadler: House Bill Is “the Worst Transportation Bill I Have Seen in My 19 Years in Congress” (Hill) Rural School Proud of Its Walk to School Program That Would Not Be Funded By GOP Today (HeraldExtra) Boehner Bike Path Is “Baloney” (League of American Bicyclists) … Continued
February 7, 2012
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Now Is the Time to Fight, Transportation Advocates (Transport Politic) Rep. De Fazio Champions Safe Routes to School Just Before Party Line Vote to Defund (Shareable) GOP Transit Bill Gets Railed From All Sides (Washington Times, Hill) Just How Big Are Subsidies to Fossil-Fuel Companies? (Grist) Climate Change Will Make You Love Big Government (Grist) … Continued
February 6, 2012
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Politico: Mica’s Transportation Bill All About Stoking the Republican Base League of American Bicyclists Issues Call to Action as GOP Tries to Cut All Major Bike Programs CBO: Expect the Highway Trust Fund to Run Out Just in Time for November Election (BusinessWeek) GOP Sen. Inhofe Opposes Tying Keystone to Transportation Bill (Hill) LaHood Announces … Continued
February 1, 2012
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Republicans Offering Bill on Transportation Funding Today (WaPo, Reuters) Drilling for Highway Revenue Could Face Opposition From Both Sides (T4A) NRDC to Congress: “Don’t Drill and Drive” (Hill) Ranking Three Different Approaches to Transit Funding in Dallas (Atlantic Cities) Transportation Nation Explains Why Your City Might Not Have Car Share Yet Infrastructure and Job Creation … Continued
January 31, 2012
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Why USDOT’s Transit Funding Rule Doesn’t Work and What Could Fix It (Slate) Boehner: GOP Will Tack Keystone Pipeline Onto Transportation Bill (Hill) Gov. Brown: Cap and Trade Fees Will Fund HSR in California (SacBee) Why Conservatives Should Be All Over Smart Growth (Switchboard) Millennials: Affordable Urban Living Is Hard to Find (GGW) The Reason … Continued
January 30, 2012
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No More War Will Save Billions; Obama Sees Money for Roads and Rail? (ChicagoTrib) Focus Shifts Away From High Speed Rail to Repairing Failing Infrastructure (PRI) Transportation Investment at Risk This Election Season (TransportPolitic) State of the Union’s Mass Transit: Not Good (HuffPo) Social Equity Will Affect Funding for Transportation Under New DOT Rule (BusinessWeek) … Continued
January 25, 2012
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House to Vote Today on FAA Bill Today (Hill) Republican Leadership Gives Transit Boost in Indiana and Michigan (Stateline) California Sues San Diego Over Transpo Plan That May Promote Sprawl (Forbes) DOT Grants $3.5 Million to Sustainable Transportation Research (OIT) Fewer Teens Are Rushing to the DMV at 16 (Trib) Tampa Looks to Transit to … Continued
January 24, 2012