Today’s Headlines
- Six Pivotal Senate Races Feature Climate Skeptics (Wonk Room)
- China Courts Schwarzenegger With High-Speed Rail Deal (Bloomberg)
- Transportation for America Unveils Reauthorization Ticker (T4America)
- Meanwhile, California Officials Make a Bike-Themed Trip to the Netherlands (Planetizen)
- Governor's Race Could Determine Fate of Key Maryland Projects (Transpo Nation)
- What's the Future of Transit in Tampa? (Transport Politic)
- Take a Ride on the World's Most Luxurious Trains (AltTransport)
- LA Criticized for Creating Too Few Transportation Jobs With Stimulus Cash (LAT)
- Study Links Air Pollution, Heart Attacks; Poll Links Obesity, Emotional Problems (Reuters, Gallup)
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