Today’s Headlines
Take that, George Will! LaHood hits Portland today to celebrate new streetcar production (Daily Journal of Commerce) Midwestern high-speed rail backers propose $11.5 billion plan for 220-mph service (AP, Transport Politic) Conservative columnist Michael Gerson: GOP climate ‘traitors’ did the admirable thing by supporting last week’s bill (Star-Trib) D.C. Metro trains to run manually for … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:48 AM EDT on July 1, 2009
- Take that, George Will! LaHood hits Portland today to celebrate new streetcar production (Daily Journal of Commerce)
- Midwestern high-speed rail backers propose $11.5 billion plan for 220-mph service (AP, Transport Politic)
- Conservative columnist Michael Gerson: GOP climate ‘traitors’ did the admirable thing by supporting last week’s bill (Star-Trib)
- D.C. Metro trains to run manually for up to a year following last week’s crash (AP)
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