Today’s Headlines
A Massachusetts NIMBY fight finally gets resolved as Salazar okays a new wind farm off Cape Cod (WaPo Blogs) Houston light rail could lose federal funding thanks to concerns over compliance with “Buy American” rules (Chronicle) Trains that run on beef fat? Amtrak is starting the experiment (Det. News) Auto dealers continue twisting arms to … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:57 AM EDT on April 29, 2010
- A Massachusetts NIMBY fight finally gets resolved as Salazar okays a new wind farm off Cape Cod (WaPo Blogs)
- Houston light rail could lose federal funding thanks to concerns over compliance with “Buy American” rules (Chronicle)
- Trains that run on beef fat? Amtrak is starting the experiment (Det. News)
- Auto dealers continue twisting arms to preserve their exemption from new financial reform bill (WSJ)
- Sen. Feingold (D-WI) gets a new GOP challenger with a flip-floppy record on high-speed rail (Caridinal)
- New report highlights transportation’s effects on rural agriculture communities (The Trucker, MachineFinder)
- Streetsblog NYC talks to one of the Big Apple’s most high-profile transit union chiefs
- Dallas transit agency prepares for some serious belt-tightening (Morn News)
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