Today’s Headlines
Shuster Lays Out Agenda for Transpo Committee (Roll Call) NC Governor Picks Ex-County Schools Chief for Top Transpo Post (Charlotte Observer, Herald Sun) Amtrak Names New Chiefs for Business, Safety (The Hill) Deval Patrick Tones Down Talks on Gas Tax Hike as Polls Prove It’s Unpopular (AP, Statehouse News) “Big New Mass Transit Plans Are Cooking” … Continued
January 4, 2013
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More on That Unexpected Benefit for Transit Commuters in the Fiscal Cliff Deal (SF Examiner, TransNat) Other “Weird Parts” of the Bill Include Rail Repair, Electric Scooters… (WaPo) Five Sustainability Stories to Watch in 2013 (NRDC Switchboard) Gov. Christie Defends NJ Transit’s Actions During Sandy (NJ.com) … And Skewers House GOP on Sandy Aid (The Hill) … Continued
January 3, 2013
Today’s Headlines
New Safety Regs Could Allow Lighter, Faster Amtrak Trains (Bloomberg) Co.Exist Gathers Top Transportation Stories of 2012 So Does Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space (for D.C. and Beyond) Silicon Valley Marks 25 Years of Light Rail, But It’s Not Exactly a Celebration (Mercury-Register) KCET: Big Pedestrian Risks in L.A. Should Be Call for Action … Continued
January 2, 2013
Today’s Headlines
WaPo Talks to LaHood About DOT’s Turnaround States Must Address Transpo Funding Shortfalls in 2013 (Governing) Feds Sign Commitment to Hawaii’s “Train of the Future” (HuffPo, Star Advertiser) Washington Governor Wants Fuel Tax to Pay for School Buses (Transpo Nation, Seattle Times) Is Maine Shortchanging Urban Areas? (Bangor Daily News) Chicago-to-St. Louis High-Speed Rail Passes … Continued
December 20, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Shuster Faces a “Mountain of Expectations” as Transpo Chair (Politico) Florida Gives Go-Ahead to Privately Run Orlando-Miami Rail (Reuters) Unions Praise Sen. Inouye’s Transportation Legacy (The Hill) Grist Chats with Jeff Speck, Author of “Walkable City” Can Riding a Bike Can Lead to a Happier Brain? (The Independent) Ann Arbor Wants to Reduce Greenhouse Gas … Continued
December 19, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Politico Highlights Issues, Players to Watch in Transpo Policy in 2013 Conservative Groups Push Back Against Carbon Tax (The Hill) Amtrak Poised to Buy New Cars for Acela Service (The Hill, WSJ) LaHood: Federal Funding on Track for Detroit Transit Efforts (Detroit News) Sac Bee: It’s “Baffling” That Congressmen Want to Kill High-Speed Rail Tea Party-Linked … Continued
December 14, 2012
Today’s Headlines
House and Senate Transpo Committees Take Shape (The Hill) Mica: “Don’t Give Me This ‘Not Bipartisan’ Crap” (Politico) Maryland Leaders Push for Gas Tax Hike, Because State Needs “Huge Infusion of Cash” (Sun, WaPo) LaHood Touts Benefits of D.C. Silver Line (The Hill) A Taste of Mass Transit Leads to Wanting More (Atlantic Cities) About 40 … Continued
December 13, 2012
Today’s Headlines
‘The Devil is in the Details” for Evolving MAP-21 (Progressive Railroading) LaHood Fields Questions from Atlantic Cities Readers Former Senators: U.S. Should Create Energy Strategy Council (The Hill) Does Virginia Gov. McDonnell Have the Stomach for the Gas Tax Fight? (WaPo) The Top Small U.S. Cities Growing Faster Than Their ‘Burbs (Atlantic Cities) NJ Transit … Continued
December 12, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Sandy’s Toll: $7 Billion for New York Area, $60M for Amtrak, $400M for NJ Transit, and More… Major Shift From Single-Family Homes to Apartments Underway in U.S. Housing Market (NYT) LaHood Defends Bullet Train in Face of Critics (LAT, The Hill, Bloomberg) House Committee Will Try to Introduce New Surface Transpo Bill in Early 2014 (Governing) Fiscal … Continued
December 7, 2012
Today’s Headlines
High-Speed Rail Brawl Spills Onto House Floor (Politico); LaHood to Testify (C-SPAN) Also: LaHood Talks to Obama About Sticking Around (Politico) Senate Committee Looks at Hurricane Damage to Transpo Systems (Transpo Nation, C-SPAN) Mica Bids Goodbye to Chairmanship (The Hill) Worker Rights Issues Tie Up Vote on Detroit Transit Authority (MLive) Massachusetts Transpo “at a … Continued
December 6, 2012