Today’s Headlines
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By
Elana Schor
8:00 AM EST on February 15, 2010
- The White House didn’t discriminate between GOP and Democratic governors in its high-speed rail spending … but it did hit the congressional politics on the nose (Greenwire)
- A new study urges controversial transition from the gas tax to one on vehicle miles traveled (Post-Gazette)
- An examination of the future of urban transportation, through the lens of Vanderbilt’s Traffic (A. Prospect)
- Could light rail come to Arkansas? (AR Times)
- EPA air-quality official says an intervention by the White House budget office ultimately improved new pollution control rules (Wonk Room)
- Armed officers patrolling Seattle transit tunnel after teen girl’s brutal beating makes national news (KIRO-TV)
- Is privatization of transportation assets inherently bad, or just frequently botched? (GGW)
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