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Former Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, appointed by George W. Bush, says a vehicle miles traveled tax ultimately must replace the gas tax (Cascadia Prospectus) Uh-oh: A pivotal aide to Boxer’s Senate environment committee jumps ship right as her climate change bill comes out (ClimateWire) Gas prices to keep dipping towards the $2 per gallon mark, … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:48 AM EDT on October 7, 2009

Former Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, appointed by George W. Bush, says a vehicle miles traveled tax ultimately must replace the gas tax (Cascadia Prospectus)
Uh-oh: A pivotal aide to Boxer’s Senate environment committee jumps ship right as her climate change bill comes out (ClimateWire)
Gas prices to keep dipping towards the $2 per gallon mark, according to AAA (WaPo)
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), hardly the model of progressive environmentalism, is taking flak from his party for supporting a low-carbon fuel standard (WSJ)
Was the late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) unfairly shut out of Planetizen’s Top 100 Urban Thinkers? (TNR)
Transit advocates in Montgomery County, Maryland, release a “secret plan” that the local DOT tried to keep under wraps — its ostensible purpose to move more cars through the National Institute of Health campus (GGW)

Elana Schor

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