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Today’s Headlines

Local coverage of T4A’s report on transit cuts (Detroit News, SF Chron, Sac Biz Journ, WaPo) Birmingham, home of PBS’ “zombie highway,” rocked by bribery guilty plea (Bloomberg) Highway projects (and transit ones, too) are stalling thanks to funding uncertainty in Congress (CQ) Ford’s new electric car can “talk” to the grid to regulate power … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:49 AM EDT on August 19, 2009

Local coverage of T4A’s report on transit cuts (Detroit News, SF Chron, Sac Biz Journ, WaPo)
Birmingham, home of PBS’ “zombie highway,” rocked by bribery guilty plea (Bloomberg)
Highway projects (and transit ones, too) are stalling thanks to funding uncertainty in Congress (CQ)
Ford’s new electric car can “talk” to the grid to regulate power usage (AP)
D.C. transit’s summer woes continue (Balt. Sun)

Elana Schor

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