Today’s Headlines
Dems Deal Earmarks a New Blow (Politico) New Urbanism and Landscape Urbanism Square Off (The Globe) GOP Readies Bill to Neutralize EPA Climate Rules (Mother Jones) Meanwhile, Climatologists Tell Pols to Take a Fresh Look at Evidence (Hill) Enforcement — Not Fines — Key to Improving Traffic Safety (B’more Sun) Could Private Funding Kick-Start High-Speed … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
9:11 AM EST on February 2, 2011
- Dems Deal Earmarks a New Blow (Politico)
- New Urbanism and Landscape Urbanism Square Off (The Globe)
- GOP Readies Bill to Neutralize EPA Climate Rules (Mother Jones)
- Meanwhile, Climatologists Tell Pols to Take a Fresh Look at Evidence (Hill)
- Enforcement — Not Fines — Key to Improving Traffic Safety (B’more Sun)
- Could Private Funding Kick-Start High-Speed Rail in the Northeast? (Infrastructurist)
- New York City, Houston Face Cuts to Rail (H. Chronicle, Transpo Nation)
- EPA Leaves Carbon Monoxide Standard Unchanged (NYT)
- Thinking About Attending the National Bike Summit? (LAB)
- Study: Traffic Cameras Save Lives (Transpo Nation)
- Are Increases in the Gas Tax Off the Table? (WaPo)
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