Today’s Headlines
(ed. note. Sorry for the late posting -- had some technical difficulties at Streetsblog Capitol Hill HQ.)
By
Elana Schor
10:45 AM EST on December 29, 2009
(ed. note. Sorry for the late posting — had some technical difficulties at Streetsblog Capitol Hill HQ.)
- Transportation security is taking center after the attempted terrorist incident on Christmas Day, but the president’s nominee to lead the TSA is being held up by a GOP senator (WaPo)
- Amtrak eyes faster trains as a top priority as it takes in a healthy round of funding from Congress (NYT)
- A look at North Carolina’s case for federal high-speed rail aid (Citizen-Times)
- Texas gubernatorial hopeful and current senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) to unveil her transportation plan today … (Morn News)
- … as one top state official suggests that Texas drivers should pay more to register their big pickup trucks (AP)
- Chicago gives a New Year’s gift to transit riders: Rides for a penny (AP)
- The top 10 transportation stories of 2009 in the Washington D.C. area … (WaPo Blogs)
- … and Maryland’s top 10 transport stories of the decade (Balt Sun)
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