Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

President Expected to Unveil Transportation Proposal in Mid-February (AP, Bloomberg) Congress Puts Transpo Reauthorization on the Front Burner (Journal of Commerce) Business Likes Obama’s Infrastructure Push, Republicans Push-Back on Spending (WaPo, NYT) NTSB Chair: “Safety Deferred is Safety Denied”, Saving Money Now Costs More Later (Transpo Nation) Ray LaHood’s Battle Against Distracted Driving Isn’t Just … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:54 AM EST on January 27, 2011

President Expected to Unveil Transportation Proposal in Mid-February (AP, Bloomberg)
Congress Puts Transpo Reauthorization on the Front Burner (Journal of Commerce)
Business Likes Obama’s Infrastructure Push, Republicans Push-Back on Spending (WaPo, NYT)
NTSB Chair: “Safety Deferred is Safety Denied”, Saving Money Now Costs More Later (Transpo Nation)
Ray LaHood’s Battle Against Distracted Driving Isn’t Just About Cell Phones (NPR)
Milwaukee County Exec Asks Scott Walker to Approve Transit Tax (Journal-Sentinel)
Trains, Not Cars or Planes, Are a Public Good Deserving Public Funding (Grist)
Big Cities Aren’t Always Big Carbon Emitters, Especially If Transit is Good (AFP)
Atlanta Leaders Are Pushing State Officials to Form Regional Transit Commission (AJC)
Florida Governor Still Won’t Deliver a Verdict On High Speed Rail (TBO)

Tanya Snyder

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.

Today's Headlines

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