Today’s Headlines
D.C. Metro crash casts a grim light on insufficient federal support for transit (Time) LaHood: Looming highway trust fund bankruptcy will leave states in crisis … (WSJ) … but the administration is proud of how quickly it’s allocated highway money (AP) Rep. John Mica (R-FL) talks up the need for infrastructure investment (PBS) DeFazio suggests … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:45 AM EDT on June 26, 2009
- D.C. Metro crash casts a grim light on insufficient federal support for transit (Time)
- LaHood: Looming highway trust fund bankruptcy will leave states in crisis … (WSJ)
- … but the administration is proud of how quickly it’s allocated highway money (AP)
- Rep. John Mica (R-FL) talks up the need for infrastructure investment (PBS)
- DeFazio suggests paying for new transpo bill with a 0.02 percent tax on oil speculators (Infrastructurist)
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