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Today’s Headlines

7:50 AM EST on January 15, 2010

    • Ahmedabad, India, wins the Sustainable Transport Award from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (Express)
    • Freight rail industry has a mixed reaction to LaHood's revamp of transit funding rules (Fleet Owner)
    • Why are politicians always so scared of the word "tax"? A scientific explanation (MoJo Blog)
    • Amtrak to add free wi-fi on the Acela ... but it won't be free for long (Erictric)
    • Florida high-speed rail boosters take their lobbying campaign up a notch (AP)
    • It's time to update our definition of "green building" (HuffPo)
    • Washington D.C.'s Metro transit chief to resign in April (WaPo Blogs)
    • Georgia's Republican governor says voters should get to decide whether to raise the gas tax to fund transportation (AP)

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