Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Obama to Call for Shifting Transportation Away from Oil (WaPo) Why are Gas Taxes “Back in Fashion”? (Reuters) London’s New Bike Plan Takes Some Cues from Portland (Bike Portland) Shuster Sums Up Yesterday’s MAP-21 Hearing Rail Traffic = Humming Economy (Business Insider) Missouri Senate Passes 1-Cent Sales Tax for Transpo (AP) California Assembly Member Targets High-Speed … Continued

By Katie Pearce

9:43 AM EDT on March 15, 2013

Obama to Call for Shifting Transportation Away from Oil (WaPo)
Why are Gas Taxes “Back in Fashion”? (Reuters)
London’s New Bike Plan Takes Some Cues from Portland (Bike Portland)
Shuster Sums Up Yesterday’s MAP-21 Hearing
Rail Traffic = Humming Economy (Business Insider)
Missouri Senate Passes 1-Cent Sales Tax for Transpo (AP)
California Assembly Member Targets High-Speed Rail (U-T San Diego)
Bike/Rail Plans Blend Nicely for Google HQ, City Planners (Seattle Times)
Long Beach Transit Celebrates 50 Years (Press Telegram)
Car Service Owner: “Grow Up, Pay the Tax, and Stop Complaining” (Baltimore Biz Journal)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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