Today’s Headlines
- Twin Cities Officials: No More Suburban Highway Expansions (Star-Trib)
- Some Environmentalists Ready to Rebel Against Obama (Politico)
- Gov Candidate White Calls For Transportation Options for Texans (Mother Jones)
- Sen. Lautenberg Takes Aim at NJ Gov Christie as Tunnel Funding Standoff Simmers (NJ.com)
- Shweeb: The Future of Transportation or Google Pipe Dream? (Pop-Sci)
- Beijing Tops List of Cities With the Most Mind-Numbing Traffic Jams (Good)
- Sen. Ted Kaufman: We Need to Put a Price on Carbon Pollution (Grist)
- Schwarzenegger Offers Vehement Defense of California Climate Law (SFGate)
- California Adopts Ambitious GHG Targets Under State's Anti-Sprawl Law (Streetsblog SF)
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