Today’s Headlines
Obama to Automakers: “You Can’t Just Make Money on SUVs and Trucks” (The Hill) Historic Maine Bridge Unfit for Use Could Be Yours for Just $1, DOT Will Help You Move It! (UnionLeader) WMATA Working With GSA to Locate Federal Offices Near Transit (WaPo) App Lets Drivers Bid On a Parking Space, Maybe Save Time … Continued
9:03 AM EDT on August 16, 2011
- Obama to Automakers: “You Can’t Just Make Money on SUVs and Trucks” (The Hill)
- Historic Maine Bridge Unfit for Use Could Be Yours for Just $1, DOT Will Help You Move It! (UnionLeader)
- WMATA Working With GSA to Locate Federal Offices Near Transit (WaPo)
- App Lets Drivers Bid On a Parking Space, Maybe Save Time Looking for One (GOOD)
- The LA Times Empathizes With Hackers Who Hit San Francisco BART System
- Politifact Says Governor Scott is Wrong About What HSR Would Have Cost Florida
- A Portrait of “Bicycle Living” on Portland’s Alberta Street (BikePortland)
- Urban Sprawl Is Paving Over Our Food Supply (EthanolProducerBlog)
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