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Today’s Headlines

7:52 AM EDT on March 22, 2010

Philly's biggest newspaper urges LaHood to approve the state's bid to toll I-80 (Inquirer)
A profile of Detroit's nascent urban farming effort (Free Press)
Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson (D) to hold state "transportation summit" this month (AP)
Houston mayor says Obama administration is pushing her to get the local transit authority's act together to ensure continued funding for local light rail (TX Watchdog)
How immigration reform could revive dying cities (New Geography)
Illinois lawmakers set up state high-speed rail commission (AP)
... while some Palo Alto residents raise NIMBY concerns about bullet trains (Merc News)
O'Toole's latest: Forget high-speed rail, it's all about ... driver-less cars (WSJ)

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