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Ahmedabad, India, wins the Sustainable Transport Award from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (Express) Freight rail industry has a mixed reaction to LaHood’s revamp of transit funding rules (Fleet Owner) Why are politicians always so scared of the word “tax”? A scientific explanation (MoJo Blog) Amtrak to add free wi-fi on the Acela … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:50 AM EST on January 15, 2010

Ahmedabad, India, wins the Sustainable Transport Award from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (Express)
Freight rail industry has a mixed reaction to LaHood’s revamp of transit funding rules (Fleet Owner)
Why are politicians always so scared of the word “tax”? A scientific explanation (MoJo Blog)
Amtrak to add free wi-fi on the Acela … but it won’t be free for long (Erictric)
Florida high-speed rail boosters take their lobbying campaign up a notch (AP)
It’s time to update our definition of “green building” (HuffPo)
Washington D.C.’s Metro transit chief to resign in April (WaPo Blogs)
Georgia’s Republican governor says voters should get to decide whether to raise the gas tax to fund transportation (AP)

Elana Schor

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