Today’s Headlines
Rendell: Dems Should Pass Surface Transportation Bill Before Midterms (The Hill) Bush DOT Chief: Obama Admin Focusing on “Nice-to-Do Things,” Not “Need to Do” (Transpo Nation) Enviro Advocates Reckon With Tough Climate Politics (WaPo) Federal Rail Administration Has Its Hands Full With High-Speed Rail (NYT) Midwest Legislators Want Bullet Trains to Go at Least 150 … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
9:35 AM EDT on August 31, 2010
- Rendell: Dems Should Pass Surface Transportation Bill Before Midterms (The Hill)
- Bush DOT Chief: Obama Admin Focusing on “Nice-to-Do Things,” Not “Need to Do” (Transpo Nation)
- Enviro Advocates Reckon With Tough Climate Politics (WaPo)
- Federal Rail Administration Has Its Hands Full With High-Speed Rail (NYT)
- Midwest Legislators Want Bullet Trains to Go at Least 150 MPH (Chicago Tribune)
- Wisconsin GOP Gov Contenders Debate How Not to Spend Federal Rail Grant (Journal-Sentinel)
- Who Doesn’t Like the Freight Act? The Trucking Lobby (Supply Chain Brain)
- Is DC Mayor Fenty a Smart Growth Advocate in Name Only? (GGW)
- World’s Leading Climate Change Panel Need Reform, Panel Finds (Scientific Am, Ars Technica)
- Feds Pitch Fuel Efficiency Grades for Car Stickers (AP)
- Apps Make Using Transit a Snap (USA Today)
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