Today’s Headlines
White House: Executive Agency — Not Congress — Should Fund Amtrak (The Hill) Financial Potholes Ahead for the Highway Trust Fund (Wall Street Pit) Pols Fling Blame for Gas Prices as Senate Upholds Tax Breaks for Big Oil (Politico) Study: Crumbling Infrastructure Threatens America (WaPo) Amtrak Enjoys Record Ridership Even as Financial Problems Linger (AltTransport, WSJ) Oregonian Article … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
8:54 AM EDT on May 18, 2011
- White House: Executive Agency — Not Congress — Should Fund Amtrak (The Hill)
- Financial Potholes Ahead for the Highway Trust Fund (Wall Street Pit)
- Pols Fling Blame for Gas Prices as Senate Upholds Tax Breaks for Big Oil (Politico)
- Study: Crumbling Infrastructure Threatens America (WaPo)
- Amtrak Enjoys Record Ridership Even as Financial Problems Linger (AltTransport, WSJ)
- Oregonian Article Irks Portland Cyclists — Again (BikePortland)
- Gingrich: Cutting Oil Subsidies Part of a Plot to Force People into Big Cities (Yglesias)
- How DC Became One of the Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the Country (Dirt)
- Shocker: GOP’s John Huntsman Stands with Science on Climate Change (TPM)
- Why We Don’t Love Cities Enough (Infrastructurist)
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