Today’s Headlines
Budget Compromise Guts Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan (NYT, Transpo Nation) Uncertainties Loom for California Bullet Train (Mercury News, LAT) Florida Gov. Scott Claims Credit for Cut (The Hill) In Another Blow to Transit, Cincinnati Streetcar Axed (Reuters) Debate Brews Over Earthquake-Damaged Seattle Highway (Infrastructurist) Earmark Ban Saved $10 Billion (TPM) The ABCs of Getting a Crosswalk … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
8:46 AM EDT on April 13, 2011
- Budget Compromise Guts Obama’s High-Speed Rail Plan (NYT, Transpo Nation)
- Uncertainties Loom for California Bullet Train (Mercury News, LAT)
- Florida Gov. Scott Claims Credit for Cut (The Hill)
- In Another Blow to Transit, Cincinnati Streetcar Axed (Reuters)
- Debate Brews Over Earthquake-Damaged Seattle Highway (Infrastructurist)
- Earmark Ban Saved $10 Billion (TPM)
- The ABCs of Getting a Crosswalk (Grist)
- One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill: Where Are They Now? (Politico)
- Bikenomics: How Cycling Can Boost the Economy (Grist)
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