Today’s Headlines
Sac Bee: House GOP Throws Transit Under a Bus Seven Fatal Flaws in the House Highway Bill (Center for Amer. Progress) Alon Levy Takes a Closer Look at House’s Bad Bill Trucking and Railroad Industries Call Truce, Support House Bill (Bloomberg) White House Backs Senate Transpo Bill (Hill) America Has 40 Million McMansions That Nobody … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:58 AM EST on February 10, 2012
- Sac Bee: House GOP Throws Transit Under a Bus
- Seven Fatal Flaws in the House Highway Bill (Center for Amer. Progress)
- Alon Levy Takes a Closer Look at House’s Bad Bill
- Trucking and Railroad Industries Call Truce, Support House Bill (Bloomberg)
- White House Backs Senate Transpo Bill (Hill)
- America Has 40 Million McMansions That Nobody Wants (Grist)
- Oregon Looks Beyond Gas Tax as Mileage-Based Fees Evolve (BikePortland)
- Florida Missed Out on $41 Million Per Year by Rejecting High-Speed Rail (Grist)
- Americans Like Smart Growth, at Least in Theory (DC CityPaper)
- Unraveling Toronto’s Transit Planning Mess (National Post)
- New Report: How Communities Can Promote Non-Motorized Travel (MarketWatch)
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