Today’s Headlines
- Largest-Ever Federal Rail Loan Helps Amtrak Buy 70 Locomotives (JOC)
- Beijing-to-Shanghai HSR Line Debuts Today (AFP)
- FL Transpo Chief: If We Build Transit, How Will We Afford to Keep Building Roads? (Transpo Nation)
- LaHood Backs Off Push For 56.2 MPH Fuel Standard (Detroit Free Press)
- Labor Is Coming Up With Its Own Money to Fuel Building Projects (Bloomberg)
- How to Write a Successful Sustainable Communities Grant, in 5 Simple Steps (Reconnecting America)
- Tysons Corner a Model of Suburban Retrofitting? Some Developers Haven't Gotten the Memo (GGW)
- Recession Hits Transit Budgets Despite Rising Need (Daily Citizen)
- Detroit Takes Important Step Away From Autocentrism, Selects Light Rail Route (Detroit News)
- A Successful Bike-Transit Mix Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (BikePortland)
- If We Can't Sell U.S. Cars Here, Let's Sell Them in Poor, War-Torn Countries (The Hill)
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