Today’s Headlines
Oberstar presses for use of a natural, Minnesota-made peat-based substance in oil spill cleanup (Star Trib Blogs) Next stop on LaHood’s transportation listening tour: Bismarck, North Dakota … (GF Herald) … while Jesse Jackson takes his campaign for more urban transit aid to Cleveland (Plain Dealer) Northeastern states call for in-depth federal study of rail … Continued
By
Elana Schor
7:56 AM EDT on May 24, 2010
- Oberstar presses for use of a natural, Minnesota-made peat-based substance in oil spill cleanup (Star Trib Blogs)
- Next stop on LaHood’s transportation listening tour: Bismarck, North Dakota … (GF Herald)
- … while Jesse Jackson takes his campaign for more urban transit aid to Cleveland (Plain Dealer)
- Northeastern states call for in-depth federal study of rail improvements in their region (AP)
- AASHTO president coins a new word to describe the value of infrastructure: “transeconomy” (N. Democrat)
- Auto dealers working to keep their carve-out from consumer rules alive in the final version of the financial reform bill (Globe)
- Dallas mulls an expansion of its local bike plan to encourage more cycling (Morn News)
- New data shows Olympics gave a lasting boost to Vancouver’s transit system (Province)
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