Today’s Headlines
Miles Driven on US Roads Fall to Lowest Levels Since 2003 (USA Today) Treasury Secretary Urges Congress to Pass Infrastructure Legislation (BusinessWeek) Rep. Hoyer Pushes Back on GOP Highway Bill Claims (Hill) Events Across the Country Bring Sense of Urgency to Bridge Repair (T4A) MD Commission Urges Increasing Gas Tax, Other Fees to Fund Transpo … Continued
8:58 AM EDT on October 26, 2011
- Miles Driven on US Roads Fall to Lowest Levels Since 2003 (USA Today)
- Treasury Secretary Urges Congress to Pass Infrastructure Legislation (BusinessWeek)
- Rep. Hoyer Pushes Back on GOP Highway Bill Claims (Hill)
- Events Across the Country Bring Sense of Urgency to Bridge Repair (T4A)
- MD Commission Urges Increasing Gas Tax, Other Fees to Fund Transpo Projects (Baltimore Sun, WaPo)
- Michigan Governor to Propose Dropping Gas Tax for New Tax on Wholesale Fuel Prices (Wilx)
- Governor Looks to Bus Rapid Transit to Connect Metro-Detroit (DFP)
- VA Weakens Road Connection Standards for People Who Walk, Bike, Take Transit (GGW)
- Athenians Take to Bicycles to Ride Out Crisis (NPR)
- ‘Gimme 3 Feet’ Law Passes in Mobile, Alabama (Press-Register)
- Meet Dezy Walls and His 300lb PianoBike (BikePortland)
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