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Congressional field hearing in Chicago brings out the midwest’s biggest high-speed rail backers (WBAY) Local D.C. urbanism blogger (and Streetsblog Network member) David Alpert to testify before congressional committee today on transit safety and funding issues (GGW) GOP Rep. Petri backs VMT fee to ultimately replace the gas tax (Examiner) One big winner in Europe’s … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:55 AM EDT on April 21, 2010

Congressional field hearing in Chicago brings out the midwest’s biggest high-speed rail backers (WBAY)
Local D.C. urbanism blogger (and Streetsblog Network member) David Alpert to testify before congressional committee today on transit safety and funding issues (GGW)
GOP Rep. Petri backs VMT fee to ultimately replace the gas tax (Examiner)
One big winner in Europe’s volcano-induced aviation shutdown: reliable railways (Prog. Fix)
As transit protests come to Atlanta, the Georgia state legislature nears a deal on a referendum to raise sales taxes for new transport funding, with the GOP governor’s support … (Biz Chronicle)
… and St. Louis, home of the advocacy group sponsoring the protests, starts talks in restoring service cuts after voter approval of a new half-cent sales tax (Globe-Dem)
Infrastructure is about more than just shoring up roads and rails — and the nation’s food system also needs an overhaul (Grist)
D.C. government requires more parking spaces in new mixed-use development project, sparking concerns (Voice of the Hill via Yglesias)

Elana Schor

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