Today’s Headlines
Cities Struggle as U.S. Cuts Block Grants Program (NYT) Secretary LaHood Steers Clear of Hands-Free Phone Debate (Hill) LaHood, Salazar Tout TIGER Improvements to St. Louis Arch Area (St. Louis Beacon) Maryland to Offer Preferential Funding for Smart Growth (Transpo Nation) Alan Kandel at California Progress Report Offers HSR Resolutions for 2012 Colorado Supreme Court … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:55 AM EST on December 22, 2011
- Cities Struggle as U.S. Cuts Block Grants Program (NYT)
- Secretary LaHood Steers Clear of Hands-Free Phone Debate (Hill)
- LaHood, Salazar Tout TIGER Improvements to St. Louis Arch Area (St. Louis Beacon)
- Maryland to Offer Preferential Funding for Smart Growth (Transpo Nation)
- Alan Kandel at California Progress Report Offers HSR Resolutions for 2012
- Colorado Supreme Court to Hear Bike Ban Case (Cyclelicious)
- “Detroit Is In Underdrive,” Says Richard Layman at Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
- Iowa’s Gov. Barnstad: Gas Tax Will Rise, But Not Right Now (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
- Video: Mitt Romney Talks About Infrastructure Some More (YouTube)
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