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Cleveland City Council passes resolution backing Sen. Brown and Rep. Kucinich in their push for bike-ped lane on the new Innerbelt Bridge (Plain Dealer Blog) New study examines the stress that a future electric-car boom would put on the nation’s grid, with surprising results (TreeHugger) Questioning the nation’s dwindling investment in its built environment (Grist) … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:53 AM EDT on March 26, 2010

Cleveland City Council passes resolution backing Sen. Brown and Rep. Kucinich in their push for bike-ped lane on the new Innerbelt Bridge (Plain Dealer Blog)
New study examines the stress that a future electric-car boom would put on the nation’s grid, with surprising results (TreeHugger)
Questioning the nation’s dwindling investment in its built environment (Grist)
Democratic senators from both coasts vow to oppose offshore drilling expansions in the pending climate change bill (The Hill Blog)
Democrat vying to replace Rendell as PA governor calls for state transportation spending to double (Inquirer)
Missouri state DOT chief Pete Rahn leaves to join engineering firm HNTB (KC Star)
New Hampshire follows Wyoming in nixing the notion of new interstate tolls (Observer)
Seattle mayor still vowing to build light rail in the face of skeptical financial analysis (P-I Blog)
Maryland lawmakers pass ban on hand-held cell phones (WaPo)

Elana Schor

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