Today’s Headlines
Tense Day in Court for Florida Rail Advocates (TambaBay.com) Florida Mayors Ask Rick Scott to Reconsider Rejection of HSR Funds (Transpo Nation) With Gas Prices Rising, Now Is Exactly the Wrong Time to Cut Back on Transit (MTR) Krugman: Spending Cuts Threaten the Nascent Economic Recovery (NYT) We Neglect Infrastructure at Our Peril (Politico) Jeff … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
8:49 AM EST on March 4, 2011
- Tense Day in Court for Florida Rail Advocates (TambaBay.com)
- Florida Mayors Ask Rick Scott to Reconsider Rejection of HSR Funds (Transpo Nation)
- With Gas Prices Rising, Now Is Exactly the Wrong Time to Cut Back on Transit (MTR)
- Krugman: Spending Cuts Threaten the Nascent Economic Recovery (NYT)
- We Neglect Infrastructure at Our Peril (Politico)
- Jeff Sessions “Flabbergasted” by DOT Budget Request (The Hill)
- ACLU Mulls Suing Metro Over Bag Checks (Washington Examiner)
- How Can We Avoid Transit Stops to Nowhere? (Transport Politic)
- It’s Time to Use Life-Cycle Budgeting for Infrastructure (The Hill)
- Might the Japanese Subsidize California HSR? (Infrastructurist)
- Car-Centric Conservatives Spill Ink About Fictional “War on Cars” (GGW, Ezra Klein)
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