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Today’s Headlines

The Senate jobs bill, if it passes by March 1, could give states a temporary reprieve from last year’s rescission of $8.7 billion in transportation funding (JOC) A closer look at the conservative opposition to Florida Gov. Crist’s support for commuter rail (Ledger) A rallying cry for the Washington D.C. region to commit to its … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:50 AM EST on January 6, 2010

The Senate jobs bill, if it passes by March 1, could give states a temporary reprieve from last year’s rescission of $8.7 billion in transportation funding (JOC)
A closer look at the conservative opposition to Florida Gov. Crist’s support for commuter rail (Ledger)
A rallying cry for the Washington D.C. region to commit to its transit system (GGW)
Schwarzenegger’s newfangled plan to raid transit funding raises alarm in California (Streetsblog SF)
The case against Richard Florida (Amer. Prospect); a response from a former Streetsblogger (Ryan Avent)
Dog walkers: the new livable-communities indicator species? (Richard Layman via Ezra Klein)