Today’s Headlines
LaHood Receives Support for American Jobs Act in Minneapolis (Kare, Finance-Commerce) Transit Activists Push Back as House Proposes Cutting Transit Funding by a Third (Hill) Infrastructure Bank Would Bring More Private Money Into Public Works Projects (WaPo) Metro Atlanta Residents Face 25 Percent Fare Hikes (AJC) Utah Farmers Fight Sprawl: ‘Don’t Let Last Crop on … Continued
8:55 AM EDT on September 20, 2011
- LaHood Receives Support for American Jobs Act in Minneapolis (Kare, Finance-Commerce)
- Transit Activists Push Back as House Proposes Cutting Transit Funding by a Third (Hill)
- Infrastructure Bank Would Bring More Private Money Into Public Works Projects (WaPo)
- Metro Atlanta Residents Face 25 Percent Fare Hikes (AJC)
- Utah Farmers Fight Sprawl: ‘Don’t Let Last Crop on Farm Land Be a House’ (KSL)
- Virginia Gets Closer to Tolling I-95 (TruckingInfo)
- Bill Would Allow San Francisco Transit to Bar Entry to Repeat Law Breakers, Protesters (Mercury)
- Politicians See 2012 as a Critical Year for Raising Maryland Gas Tax (Baltimore Sun)
- Portland Ranks 12th in Copenhagenize‘s First List of Best Cities for Bicycling (BikePortland)
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