Today’s Headlines
Obama: I Haven’t Done Enough About Climate Change (WaPo) Who Will Be the Next Transportation Secretary? (Governing) Orlando Sentinel: “Outside Chance” Mica Will Retain Post Critical Court Decision Comes Today for California High-Speed Rail (AP) LaHood to Testify on Nepotism-Plagued Dulles Board (WaPo, Hill) Bike Advocates Rely on Local, Not Federal, Government (Roll Call) Union … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EST on November 16, 2012
- Obama: I Haven’t Done Enough About Climate Change (WaPo)
- Who Will Be the Next Transportation Secretary? (Governing)
- Orlando Sentinel: “Outside Chance” Mica Will Retain Post
- Critical Court Decision Comes Today for California High-Speed Rail (AP)
- LaHood to Testify on Nepotism-Plagued Dulles Board (WaPo, Hill)
- Bike Advocates Rely on Local, Not Federal, Government (Roll Call)
- Union Talks Delay Chicago Transit’s Budget Release (Tribune)
- Florida’s Transpo Problems Mirror the Nation’s (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
- Arlington, VA, Takes Bikes Seriously (Bacon’s Rebellion)
- Human Transit: Uncrowded Buses Aren’t Necessarily a Problem
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