Today’s Headlines
Dutch Experiment With Gas Tax, VMT and Congestion Charging All-In-One (Think Progress) Talks About Investing in Infrastructure Stimulus Resurface in Washington (Union Tribune) NFL Coach to Rick Scott: Florida Should Have Gone Ahead and Built High Speed Rail (The Hill) GOP Congressmen Tell Wisconsin Constituents They’ll Fight for Transit Operating Funds (Post Crescent) Portland Metro Puts … Continued
9:16 AM EDT on August 12, 2011
- Dutch Experiment With Gas Tax, VMT and Congestion Charging All-In-One (Think Progress)
- Talks About Investing in Infrastructure Stimulus Resurface in Washington (Union Tribune)
- NFL Coach to Rick Scott: Florida Should Have Gone Ahead and Built High Speed Rail (The Hill)
- GOP Congressmen Tell Wisconsin Constituents They’ll Fight for Transit Operating Funds (Post Crescent)
- Portland Metro Puts Off Decision on Sprawl-Generating Columbia River Crossing Megaproject (Columbian)
- California Considers Giving Its Cities Power to Reduce Local Speed Limits (Landline)
- Bicycle Colorado Takes Black Hawk’s Bicycling Ban to State Supreme Court (Cyclelicious)
- Colorado Congressman Would Dismantle USDOT, Transfer Responsibilities to States (HuffPo)
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