Today’s Headlines
- Gov. Christie's ARC Cost Numbers Appear to Be Highly Exaggerated (Transpo Nation, AP, North Jersey)
- Meanwhile, Christie Postpones Decision; ARC Gets Weekend Reprieve (AP)
- Obama Will Pitch 20 Percent Cuts for Truck and Bus Greenhouse Emissions Next Week (Politico)
- GOP's Man on Oversight Committee, Darrell Issa, Says He Won't Antagonize Obama (WSJ)
- Meet Donald Shoup: the "Prophet of Parking" (LAT, Infrastructurist)
- East Bay Will Have Nation's Densest Network of Urban Trails (Bay Citizen)
- California Members of Congress Turn Out to Praise Crenshaw Light Rail Line (Streetsblog LA)
- Writer Paul Goodman Called for Banning Cars in Manhattan -- in 1961 (Good)
- Would DC Benefit from a Higher Gas Tax? (WTOP)
- A Conservative Argument for Rail (Grist)
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