Today’s Headlines
Happy Groundhog Day!
By
Ben Goldman
8:54 AM EST on February 2, 2012
- Club For Growth Aims to Thwart House Transportation Bill (Politico)
- …While MADD and Rep. Bill Shuster Speak Up in Its Defense
- Critical Vote to Save Cycling Comes Today (BikeLeague)
- Mica Was For Safe Routes to School Before He Was Against It (BikePortland)
- Longer, Heavier Trucks Good for the Environment? Hardly (LandLine)
- Spirit Airlines Adds “USDOT Unintended Consequences” Fee (CNN)
- Secretary Ray LaHood Launches Transit Projects From Philly to Atlanta
- …But New Proposal Threatens Atlanta’s State-Local Alliance on Transit (WABE)
- Amtrak Train Strikes Tractor-Trailer in Southern Mich., 10 Injured (mLive)
- How Streetcars Will Boost DC’s Bottom Line (BeyondDC)
Happy Groundhog Day!
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