Today’s Headlines
Budget Chair Ryan Open to Cutting “Corporate Welfare” for Energy Companies (The Hill) Ten States — Including Alabama — Move to Curb Distracted Driving (Landline) Wireless Sensors Could Help Cities Tackle Parking Problems (CNN) Should Utah Divert Sales Tax Money for Transportation? (Salt Lake Tribune) New Development Will Bring a Splash of Green to Downtown DC … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
8:48 AM EDT on April 29, 2011
- Budget Chair Ryan Open to Cutting “Corporate Welfare” for Energy Companies (The Hill)
- Ten States — Including Alabama — Move to Curb Distracted Driving (Landline)
- Wireless Sensors Could Help Cities Tackle Parking Problems (CNN)
- Should Utah Divert Sales Tax Money for Transportation? (Salt Lake Tribune)
- New Development Will Bring a Splash of Green to Downtown DC (The Dirt)
- Gov. Christie Plan: Bad News for NYC-Bound Bus Commuters (Mobilizing the Region)
- Illinois to Tally Dangerous Dooring Crashes to Help Protect Cyclists (Tribune)
- Double-Decker Cars Coming to Amtrak’s San Joaquin Line (Fresno Bee)
- Arlington GOP Wrong About Bikeshare Parking Concern (GGW)
- 1884: A View of Seattle’s First Streetcar (SeattlePI)
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