Today’s Headlines
State-level transport safety officials embrace texting-while-driving ban (NYT) Texas toughens rules against drinking and driving, especially for teens (DMN) Privatized roadside rest stops: Coming soon? (LAT) Michigan’s in need of a fix for its transit-funding woes (Free Press)
By
Elana Schor
9:23 AM EDT on August 31, 2009
- State-level transport safety officials embrace texting-while-driving ban (NYT)
- Texas toughens rules against drinking and driving, especially for teens (DMN)
- Privatized roadside rest stops: Coming soon? (LAT)
- Michigan’s in need of a fix for its transit-funding woes (Free Press)
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