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 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)