Today’s Headlines
- Mayor Villaraigosa to Hill: Transpo Cuts Would Deal a "Devastating Blow" (LAT)
- Meanwhile, the Senate Rejects Draconian Cuts in the House Bill (Land Line)
- FAA Partial Shutdown Looms Unless Congress Acts -- Today (ABC)
- Despite Scorching Heat Wave, Climate Bill Dead as Ever (Politico, Climate Central)
- Where's the Auto Bailout Money Going? To Fight Fuel Standards, Apparently... (Politico)
- A Look Back at Grand Plans for Gas Stations That Never Came to Pass (Atlantic)
- June Heat Brings Lull in Capital Bikeshare Growth (City Paper)
- The Lehigh Valley: A Bastion of "Dumb Growth?" (Patch)
- Sec. LaHood Takes Your Questions (FastLane)
- NY MTA Chairman Jay Walder Moves on to Greener Pastures -- in Hong Kong (NYT)
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