Today’s Headlines
A nifty new video on Portland’s diverse transportation — see above for more (Fast Company via Grist) A full-length look at the Obama administration’s Partnership for Sustainable Communities (Grist) New study ranks the most congested cities, and intersections, in the nation (USAT) LaHood’s office promises to help Connecticut apply for future rounds of high-speed rail … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:52 AM EST on February 25, 2010
- A nifty new video on Portland’s diverse transportation — see above for more (Fast Company via Grist)
- A full-length look at the Obama administration’s Partnership for Sustainable Communities (Grist)
- New study ranks the most congested cities, and intersections, in the nation (USAT)
- LaHood’s office promises to help Connecticut apply for future rounds of high-speed rail and other transportation grants after the state was shut out of TIGER (CT Mirror)
- GM fails to sell Hummer to the Chinese, dealing the final blow to the infamous brand (AP)
- L.A. mayor seeks federal bridge loan to help build the city’s proposed “Subway by the Sea” (KPCC)
- Reason magazine: It’s “far from clear that” using gadgets while driving has any effect on safety
- Can car dealerships “go green”? That’s how Ford bills its new sustainability effort (The Ledger, Mother Nature Network, Fast Company)
- New study puts a number on the household savings achievable in the nation’s seven “high-quality” transit cities (Streetsblog NYC)
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