Today’s Headlines
In Transpo Bill Negotiations, Harry Reid Draws the Line on Keystone Pipeline (Hill) Transportation Issues Daily Says That Kills the Odds of a Transpo Bill in 2012 …But Divisions Within House GOP Are Holding Things Up as Well (Reuters) 100 Years Ago, Jaywalking Didn’t Exist But ‘Technical Homicide’ Did (Atlantic Cities) Exceptions to Maryland’s Three-Foot … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:56 AM EDT on April 25, 2012
- In Transpo Bill Negotiations, Harry Reid Draws the Line on Keystone Pipeline (Hill)
- Transportation Issues Daily Says That Kills the Odds of a Transpo Bill in 2012
- …But Divisions Within House GOP Are Holding Things Up as Well (Reuters)
- 100 Years Ago, Jaywalking Didn’t Exist But ‘Technical Homicide’ Did (Atlantic Cities)
- Exceptions to Maryland’s Three-Foot Passing Law Baffle Cyclists, Drivers (Washcycle)
- Majority of Houstonians Want More Tax Revenue for Transit, Less for Highways (Chron)
- T&I Chair Mica’s Primary Challenger Calls Him ‘All That Went Wrong’ With GOP (Sentinel)
- NRDC’s Kaid Benfield: Smart Growth Is a Start, But It’s Not Enough
- Governor Romney Was Pro-City, Anti-Sprawl (BostInno)
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