Today’s Headlines
- It's Really Over -- NJ Gov. Christie Kills Nation's Biggest Transit Project (NJ Star-Ledger)
- Consumer Spending on Transportation Fell More Dramatically than Other Spending in 2009 (NYT)
- Subsidized Sprawl Reversed in South Florida, Could Save the Everglades (NYT)
- Freight Rail, Republicans Standing in the Way of Recovery Act's HSR Promise (Bloomberg)
- New Yorkers to Pay More for Less Transit Service (NYT)
- Senate Bill Would Help Truckers Reduce Idling (Land Line)
- The Case Against the Gas Tax -- and for a VMT Tax (Miller-McCune)
- Good Is Posting Pictures of Readers’ “Awesomely Sustainable Commutes” During Rideshare Week
- Will Lego’s New Transit System Lure Kids Away from Hot Wheels? (Grist)
- For a Lane as Eco as the Bikes That Ride It: Pave it with Plants (TreeHugger)
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