Today’s Headlines
Report: High Speed Rail in Southern California Would Create 127,000 Jobs (LAT) Texas Gubernatorial Foes White and Perry Talk Transportation (DMN) Why Livability Isn’t Just a Big-City Concept (T4America) Florida Wrangles With Measures to Contain Sprawl (AP, Palm Beach Post) MA Gov Candidate Cahill Speaks Out Against Unfunded Transportation Projects (Patriot-Ledger) Is It Time to … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
9:25 AM EDT on August 27, 2010
- Report: High Speed Rail in Southern California Would Create 127,000 Jobs (LAT)
- Texas Gubernatorial Foes White and Perry Talk Transportation (DMN)
- Why Livability Isn’t Just a Big-City Concept (T4America)
- Florida Wrangles With Measures to Contain Sprawl (AP, Palm Beach Post)
- MA Gov Candidate Cahill Speaks Out Against Unfunded Transportation Projects (Patriot-Ledger)
- Is It Time to Restart Drilling in the Gulf? (The Hill)
- Seaside, OR Will Get a New Transit Center (Daily Astoria)
- Islip, Long Island Adopts Complete Streets Policy (Mobilizing the Region)
- Lots of Glitches with LA MTA Transit Passes (LAT)
- Art for Transportation Wonks (Slate)
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