Today’s Headlines
President Will Talk Infrastructure in State of the Union (Transpo Nation) Sen. Kerry Expects Obama Will Launch New Climate Initiative in SOTU (The Hill) Video: Mayors Speak Out on Need for Infrastructure Investment (Time) GOP Leader Says “Just Spend More” Isn’t the Answer to Infrastructure Crisis (Transpo Nation) Guangzhou Wins Sustainable Transport Award for Bus … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:54 AM EST on January 25, 2011
- President Will Talk Infrastructure in State of the Union (Transpo Nation)
- Sen. Kerry Expects Obama Will Launch New Climate Initiative in SOTU (The Hill)
- Video: Mayors Speak Out on Need for Infrastructure Investment (Time)
- GOP Leader Says “Just Spend More” Isn’t the Answer to Infrastructure Crisis (Transpo Nation)
- Guangzhou Wins Sustainable Transport Award for Bus Rapid Transit, Bike Facilities (Nat Geo, ITDP)
- Chevron Would Rather Pay Millions to K Street Lobbyists Than Clean Up Its Mess in the Amazon (Grist)
- California Leads the Nation on “Clean” Car Standards With EPA and DOT Support (LAT)
- Transportation Industry Can Expect Tougher Regulation from Agencies This Year (JOC)
- Rahm Emanuel Finally Talks Transit, Just Before Being Booted From Race (Chicago Tribune)
- What If All Transit Agencies Reimbursed Riders for Service Cuts, Like Atlanta’s MARTA? (AJC)
- Madison Latest City to Get on the Bike-Share Bandwagon (Wisc. State Journal)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20029345-503544.html
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.
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