Today’s Headlines
AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce United Against Mica’s Transportation Bill (The Hill) Study Finds 1 in 4 Crashes Caused By Distraction, Recommends National Texting Ban (Reuters) Senators Agree On Terms For Immediate End to Ethanol Subsidies (WaPo) Report: Ohio Subsidized Sprawl for Business, Hurt the Urban Workforce (Plain Dealer) New Rule Would Require Hybrids, EVs … Continued
8:53 AM EDT on July 8, 2011
- AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce United Against Mica’s Transportation Bill (The Hill)
- Study Finds 1 in 4 Crashes Caused By Distraction, Recommends National Texting Ban (Reuters)
- Senators Agree On Terms For Immediate End to Ethanol Subsidies (WaPo)
- Report: Ohio Subsidized Sprawl for Business, Hurt the Urban Workforce (Plain Dealer)
- New Rule Would Require Hybrids, EVs to Be Built With Special Pedestrian Alerts (Bloomberg)
- NJ Dems Want LaHood, Christie to Resolve $251 Million ARC Tunnel Fight (NJ.com)
- Chicago Area To Get Single Transit Fare Card By 2015 (BusinessWeek)
- Cellphones to Replace Parisians’ Transit Fare Cards (TelecomPaper)
- Mimes Promote Safer Driving in Honduran Capital (CNN)
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