Today’s Headlines
(Chart: PERI via Grist) A reminder that transit, and trees, are better job creators than fossil fuels (Grist) “Before calls for a gas tax increase become deafening, DOT needs some real reform of the way it does business, prioritizing projects of real significance and managing for successful outcomes” (TNR’s The Avenue) A look at Portland’s … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:49 AM EST on February 5, 2010
(Chart: PERI via Grist)- A reminder that transit, and trees, are better job creators than fossil fuels (Grist)
- “Before calls for a gas tax increase become deafening, DOT needs some
real reform of the way it does business, prioritizing projects of real
significance and managing for successful outcomes” (TNR’s The Avenue) - A look at Portland’s $613m plan for bike infrastructure expansion (CSM)
- Political blogger hit by government-owned SUV making illegal left turn — and hit with a jaywalking ticket while recuperating with broken knee (Daily Caller)
- Crime plagues Detroit’s new transit center (Free Press)
- Maryland budget analysts want to siphon off $60m in transportation funding, to the chagrin of state transport officials (Balt Sun)
- A local editorial board urges Alabamans: Get on board with high-speed rail (Plainsman)
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