Today’s Headlines
Obama Proposes $10 a Barrel Gas Tax to Fund Sustainable Transportation (Politico) … Congressional Republicans Already Declare It “DOA” (The Hill, Think Progress) New Report Finds Los Angeles Has Highest Absolute Number of Pedestrian Deaths (SCPR.org) Transit Ridership Dipped in 2015 Amid Declining Gas Prices (Gas2.org) FTA’s $100 Million Proposal to Reduce Transit Collisions (Law … Continued
9:00 AM EST on February 5, 2016
- Obama Proposes $10 a Barrel Gas Tax to Fund Sustainable Transportation (Politico)
- … Congressional Republicans Already Declare It “DOA” (The Hill, Think Progress)
- New Report Finds Los Angeles Has Highest Absolute Number of Pedestrian Deaths (SCPR.org)
- Transit Ridership Dipped in 2015 Amid Declining Gas Prices (Gas2.org)
- FTA’s $100 Million Proposal to Reduce Transit Collisions (Law 360)
- Op Ed: Land Use Rules Not Causing Affordable Housing Crisis in Oregon (Oregonian)
- Chris Christie: No Plans to Raise NJ Gas Tax (NJ.com)
- States With the Highest and Lowest Gas Taxes (24/7 Wall Street)
- Car Fumes Are Killing Us. So Why Doesn’t Anyone Tell Us Not to Drive? (The Guardian)
Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.
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