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Today’s Headlines

Talking in-depth with Gabe Klein, D.C.’s pro-bike and pro-transit director of transportation (WaPo) The overall benefits of freight traffic improvements, such as those funded by the TIGER program (Greenwire) A look at the four GOP House candidates for 2010 who also own large auto dealerships (Roll Call) The U.S. DOT echoes White House adviser Browner … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:53 AM EST on February 26, 2010

Talking in-depth with Gabe Klein, D.C.’s pro-bike and pro-transit director of transportation (WaPo)
The overall benefits of freight traffic improvements, such as those funded by the TIGER program (Greenwire)
A look at the four GOP House candidates for 2010 who also own large auto dealerships (Roll Call)
The U.S. DOT echoes White House adviser Browner in warning that congressional efforts to block the EPA from regulating emissions would unravel the upcoming increase in fuel-efficiency standards (The Hill)
A reminder that Sen. Jim Inhofe (OK), top Republican on the environment committee, voted against rescuing the highway trust fund before he voted for it (NewsOK)
Yonah Freemark on the suburbs’ lack of preparation for a new era of poverty (Next American City)
Colorado rail passengers’ group files a National Environmental Policy Act lawsuit aimed at halting work on Denver’s new FasTracks rail project (In Denver Times)