Today’s Headlines
Unions Urge Obama to Hire Defender of Transportation Funding (The Hill) LaHood’s Private Sector Prospects (WaPo) Transit Bill Makes Headway in Indiana (Fox59) How Does Urbanism Fit Into the American Dream? (GGW) Plan to Axe the Gas Tax Moves Forward in Virginia (Examiner) Meanwhile, Talk of Gas Tax Hikes for Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wyoming Study: The Happiest Commuters … Continued
January 31, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Goodbye, Ray LaHood (AP) LaHood Makes Bold Predictions, Takes Parting Shots on HuffPo T4America, Bike Portland Look Back at His Legacy Possible Successors: Antonio Villaraigosa, Jennifer Granholm …? (The Hill) Atlantic Cities: Five Ways LaHood’s Replacement Will Have to Follow His Lead Virginia Legislators: Raise the Gas Tax (GGW) NJ Transit to Make Big Hire (NJ.com, … Continued
January 30, 2013
Today’s Headlines
USA Today Looks at the Big Picture as States Consider Their Gas Taxes Jerry Brown Touts Bullet Train in Speech (Cyclelicious), Citing “Little Engine That Could” (LAT) National Review: Idea to Ditch Federal Surface-Transpo Program “Crazy in a Good Way” Long-Awaited Miami Transit Village Breaks Ground (Miami Herald) Bob McDonnell Pitches Transpo Plan to Virginians, … Continued
January 25, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Vice Chairs, Ranking Members Named for House Transpo Committee (Progressive Railroading) Mica Retains Some Influence (Transpo Nation) Rohit Aggarwala: Ditch the Federal Gas Tax For a Greener Transpo Policy (Bloomberg) NRDC Switchboard: American Public Doesn’t Appreciate “How Little We Actually Pay” for Transpo Transit Supporters Show Up in Force at Indiana Statehouse (Indy Star, RTV6) … Continued
January 24, 2013
Today’s Headlines
LaHood to Stick Around (Bloomberg) Grist: It’s Congress, Not Obama, That Has Real Power with Climate Change Barbara Boxer Sees Carbon Tax as Viable (SF Chron) Amtrak Shifts Some Costs to States (WSJ) California’s High-Speed Rail Doesn’t Need Cash From Feds Just Yet (Politico) Report: D.C.-Area Public Wants Better Transpo, But Is Reluctant to Pay … Continued
January 23, 2013
Today’s Headlines
California High-Speed Rail Aligns With Amtrak to Increase Buying Power (KPCC, AP) Oregon vs. Virginia: Governing Looks at Two Approaches to the Gas Tax Transpo Budget Gap Widens in Vermont (VT Digger, VPR) No BRT in the U.S. Meets the “Gold” Standard (GGW) Transit Repairs Get Renewed Attention (Stateline) Navigating the NYC Transpo System in … Continued
January 18, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Rep. Denham Vows to Keep Blocking California Bullet Train (The Hill) LaHood Heading to Detroit for Light-Rail Announcement (Detroit Free Press, AP) In D.C., LaHood Says “Things Look Good” for Silver Line Loan (Transpo Nation) More Gas Tax Talk As States Grapple With Budget Woes: PA, MI, NH, WY… Kansas City to Vote Today on Moving Funds to Multi-Modal … Continued
January 17, 2013
Today’s Headlines
House-Passed Sandy Bill Includes $10.9B for Transit (Business Insider, The Hill) LaHood Continues Holding Pattern With His Status (Politico) Court Turns Down Light Rail Plan for Kansas City (Kansas City Star) Gas Tax Talks Around the Country: Washington State, Virginia, Maryland, and Wyoming D.C. Metro Preps for Inauguration (The Hill) In Boston, Transit App Brought $1M … Continued
January 16, 2013
Today’s Headlines
McDonnell Wants to Ditch Gas Tax for Higher Sales Tax in Virginia (WaPo, WAMU) WaPo Editorial Calls This Transpo Plan “Bold and Paltry” Grist Makes Predictions on Obama’s “Green Team,” Including Villaraigosa Former Mass Transpo Chief: Tax Parking to Fund Bike/Ped/Transit Projects (Governing) How to Make Transit as Fun as Driving (NRDC Switchboard) Harvard Profs: … Continued
January 9, 2013
Today’s Headlines
Will the Fiscal Cliff Deal Make It Harder to Raise the Gas Tax? (Transpo Issues Daily) LaHood to Announce $135M for Light Rail in Sacramento Today (Sacramento Bee) Carbon Tax Gains Traction in Washington State (Northwest Public Radio) More Midwesterners Hopping City-to-City By Train (Post-Tribune) Swiss Company Has “Inside Track” on Light Rail Technology in … Continued
January 7, 2013