Today’s Headlines
Bloomberg-Backed Alternative to ARC Tunnel Emerges (NYT, Transpo Nation) More From Oberstar’s Final Press Conference (MinnPost) Sen. Reid Offers Assurances That Cap-And-Trade Is, in Fact, Dead (The Hill) Rep. Bachmann: Ban Earmarks Unless They Happen to Involve Transportation (HuffPo, Star Tribune) In Comparison to Peers, Traffic Safety Problems Languish in America (NPR) Texas Lags in … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
9:00 AM EST on November 17, 2010
- Bloomberg-Backed Alternative to ARC Tunnel Emerges (NYT, Transpo Nation)
- More From Oberstar’s Final Press Conference (MinnPost)
- Sen. Reid Offers Assurances That Cap-And-Trade Is, in Fact, Dead (The Hill)
- Rep. Bachmann: Ban Earmarks Unless They Happen to Involve Transportation (HuffPo, Star Tribune)
- In Comparison to Peers, Traffic Safety Problems Languish in America (NPR)
- Texas Lags in Preventing Drunk Driving Death (DMN)
- Wisconsin Reps Introduce Bill That Would Divert Rail Money to Deficit Reduction (WUWM)
- Continued Neglect of the Gas Tax Could Have Serious Consequences (TNR)
- Why Conservatives Err in Opposing Rail (Journal Sentinel)
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