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Today’s Headlines

LaHood, DOT Keep Focus on Distracted Driving With Summit (WaPo) Meanwhile, New Proposal Would Ban Certain Truck Drivers from Texting (AP) Freight Trains: A Thorn in Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan (WSJ) Bike-Sharing Hits the Big Time in DC with CaBi (WaPo, NYT, GGW) Christie Eyes Raiding Hudson River Rail Tunnel Funds for Other Projects (NJ.com) … Continued
  • LaHood, DOT Keep Focus on Distracted Driving With Summit (WaPo)
  • Meanwhile, New Proposal Would Ban Certain Truck Drivers from Texting (AP)
  • Freight Trains: A Thorn in Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan (WSJ)
  • Bike-Sharing Hits the Big Time in DC with CaBi (WaPo, NYT, GGW)
  • Christie Eyes Raiding Hudson River Rail Tunnel Funds for Other Projects (NJ.com)
  • What’s More Stressful: Driving to Work or Riding the Bus? (Infrastructurist)
  • Will Obama’s Infrastructure Pitch Strike Out With Swing Voters? (Transpo Nation)
  • Boston Globe: Smart Growth Not Just an Environmental Fad
  • California Lawmakers Want To Make Commutes Shorter (Capitol Weekly)
  • Introducing Baltimore’s CharmCard (Baltimore Sun)

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