Today’s Headlines
LaHood en route to Kansas City and Tucson this week — a sign that streetcars are poised to join Moynihan Station in snagging big TIGER money? (WH Press) Japanese bullet-train magnate says he could build a Florida factory to help ensure a piece of the state’s ample high-speed rail pie (WSJ) Transit stimulus is still … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:51 AM EST on February 17, 2010
- LaHood en route to Kansas City and Tucson this week — a sign that streetcars are poised to join Moynihan Station in snagging big TIGER money? (WH Press)
- Japanese bullet-train magnate says he could build a Florida factory to help ensure a piece of the state’s ample high-speed rail pie (WSJ)
- Transit stimulus is still a more efficient per-dollar job creator than road stimulus, according to congressional math (US PIRG Press)
- Democrats try to avoid overselling their infrastructure-poor jobs bill (The Hill)
- 8 out of 10 metro regions ranked happiest by new Gallup well-being index have transit networks (Atlantic Blogs)
- ConocoPhillips quits coalition in favor of congressional climate bills, claiming the proposals “have disadvantaged the transportation sector” (The Hill)
- Nashville’s new mayor pursues ambitious new transit plan (Tennessean, WPLN)
- Federal safety regulators launch formal inquiry into Toyota recalls (LAT)
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