Today’s Headlines
(Photo: AP/HuffPost) A photo gallery of 9 world-class subways, including Tokyo’s, pictured above (HuffPost) An inside look at transit tunnel security in the Big Apple (AP) Toyota could face a second fine from U.S. DOT for its response to defective gas pedals (The Hill Blog) The hidden crisis of America’s decaying “soft infrastructure,” and what … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:53 AM EDT on April 13, 2010
(Photo: AP/HuffPost)- A photo gallery of 9 world-class subways, including Tokyo’s, pictured above (HuffPost)
- An inside look at transit tunnel security in the Big Apple (AP)
- Toyota could face a second fine from U.S. DOT for its response to defective gas pedals (The Hill Blog)
- The hidden crisis of America’s decaying “soft infrastructure,” and what can be done (Architect’s Paper)
- Trucking industry protests Obama administration’s coming hike in fuel-efficiency standards for heavy-duty vehicles (Today’s Trucking)
- New poll finds greater share of Washington area drivers would support congestion pricing than a gas tax increase to pay for transportation improvements (WashPost)
- U.S. economic recovery law proving a big boon to Spanish infrastructure companies (Poder 360)
- Ford touts new study showing its SYNC in-car electronics system — criticized by LaHood — is less of a distracted driving risk than using separate phones or music-playing devices (Ford Press)
- Yonah Freemark: Pennsylvania’s ill-fated bid to toll I-80 marks a death knell for the “user-fee” transportation system (Transport Politic)
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