Today’s Headlines
Did the Obama administration cut a deal to silence congressional critics of its controversial nominee to regulate truck safety? One trucking industry exec says yes (DC Velocity) Atlanta transport planners are eyeing the headquarters of the local newspaper for a new transit terminal, but the Journal-Constitution isn’t selling … yet (AJC) German Chancellor Merkel tells … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:49 AM EST on November 4, 2009
- Did the Obama administration cut a deal to silence congressional critics of its controversial nominee to regulate truck safety? One trucking industry exec says yes (DC Velocity)
- Atlanta transport planners are eyeing the headquarters of the local newspaper for a new transit terminal, but the Journal-Constitution isn’t selling … yet (AJC)
- German Chancellor Merkel tells Congress that climate change is one of the 21st century’s “great tests” — too bad the Senate isn’t doing great so far (WashPost)
- Philadelphia transit workers to strike (NYT)
- Washington won’t do it, but Denver will: Colorado’s governor proposes to hike the transportation budget (AP)
- Jockeying continues in Maryland over whether to use transit to solve growth (MD Pols Watch)
- Is gross domestic product (GDP) growth really the measure of an expanding economy? Not so much (BusinessWeek)
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