Today’s Headlines
White House: Reid’s Energy Bill Could Be Strengthened in Committee (Bloomberg) New Jersey Sprawl Reaches Breaking Point (NJ.com) Do Heavy Trucks Pay Their Share for Highway Maintenance? (Idaho Reporter) LaHood Schedules Distracted Driving Summit for September (Detroit News) Why Gas Tax Hikes Are Long Overdue (USA Today) Texas DOT Gives Rail a Chance (Dallas Morning News) … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
9:11 AM EDT on July 28, 2010
- White House: Reid’s Energy Bill Could Be Strengthened in Committee (Bloomberg)
- New Jersey Sprawl Reaches Breaking Point (NJ.com)
- Do Heavy Trucks Pay Their Share for Highway Maintenance? (Idaho Reporter)
- LaHood Schedules Distracted Driving Summit for September (Detroit News)
- Why Gas Tax Hikes Are Long Overdue (USA Today)
- Texas DOT Gives Rail a Chance (Dallas Morning News)
- Momentum for High-Speed Rail Grows in Connecticut (New Haven Register)
- Faulty Electronic Circuit Caused Last Summer’s Metro Crash in DC (WaPo)
- The Timeless Question: Can Cyclists and Motorists Coexist? (Cap Times)
- Planning Professor Breaks Down Economic Impact of Transportation Investment (InTransition)
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