Today’s Headlines
Mayors Speak Out Against Congressional Debt Ceiling Gridlock (Politico) Can Local Transit Agencies Still Count on the Federal Government for Funds? (The Transport Politic) Low-Income Kids Most Likely to Walk or Bike to School (CNN) Fairfax Board OKs LaHood’s Compromise Plan for Dulles Metro Stop (WaPo) Would an Interstate User Fee Work Better Than a … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
8:46 AM EDT on July 27, 2011
- Mayors Speak Out Against Congressional Debt Ceiling Gridlock (Politico)
- Can Local Transit Agencies Still Count on the Federal Government for Funds? (The Transport Politic)
- Low-Income Kids Most Likely to Walk or Bike to School (CNN)
- Fairfax Board OKs LaHood’s Compromise Plan for Dulles Metro Stop (WaPo)
- Would an Interstate User Fee Work Better Than a Gas Tax? (Infrastructurist)
- The FAA’s Partial Shutdown Costs $30 Million Per Day (ABC)
- Holmes Norton Goes to Bat for Capital Bikeshare Against Park Service Bureaucracy (GGW)
- Meanwhile, DecoBikes Grapples with Revenue Shortfalls in Miami (Miami Herald)
- Can Atlanta’s Ambitious Beltline Project Become a Reality? (The Atlantic)
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