Today’s Headlines
LaHood puts airlines on notice: Don’t get in the way of high-speed rail (WSJ) L.A.’s Measure R transit initiative getting national attention, thanks to Washington Post (Streetsblog LA) White House budget office begins reviewing final version of auto fuel-efficiency rules (The Hill) Gas prices rising whether or not Congress addresses climate change — so why … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:53 AM EST on March 11, 2010
- LaHood puts airlines on notice: Don’t get in the way of high-speed rail (WSJ)
- L.A.’s Measure R transit initiative getting national attention, thanks to Washington Post (Streetsblog LA)
- White House budget office begins reviewing final version of auto fuel-efficiency rules (The Hill)
- Gas prices rising whether or not Congress addresses climate change — so why not do it? (Wonk Room)
- One urban planner imagines wide streets redesigned on a human-sized scale (Grist)
- Could high-speed rail help open up America’s most isolated towns? (TNR’s The Avenue)
- Google Maps now includes bike directions (Streetsblog NYC)
- Cleveland planners turning abandoned retail space into a greenhouse (Fast Company)
- An inside look at how the nation’s no-fly list gets crafted (AP)
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