Today’s Headlines
Tea Party Pied Piper Grover Norquist Won’t Lead House GOP to Oppose Gas Tax Renewal (Bloomberg) NY Governor Signs Complete Streets Bill, Support Still (Slowly) Growing for National Policy (T4America) Shocking But True! Fuel Economy Standards Do Not Kill 2,000 People a Year (Grist) LaHood Announces $417.3 Million for State Road Projects (FHWA); See What Your … Continued
8:50 AM EDT on August 18, 2011
- Tea Party Pied Piper Grover Norquist Won’t Lead House GOP to Oppose Gas Tax Renewal (Bloomberg)
- NY Governor Signs Complete Streets Bill, Support Still (Slowly) Growing for National Policy (T4America)
- Shocking But True! Fuel Economy Standards Do Not Kill 2,000 People a Year (Grist)
- LaHood Announces $417.3 Million for State Road Projects (FHWA); See What Your State Will Fund Here
- Portland Sees Federal Grant Money, Raises It to $7.7M for Bicycle Infrastructure (BikePortland)
- Ezra Klein Ponders If California Rail Really Is a Boondoggle
- Georgia Chamber of Commerce Hires Team to Gain Voter Support for Transportation Tax (OnlineAthens)
- WA County Council Approves Emergency Congestion Reduction Charge to Fund Transit (PNWLocal)
- Good Urban Design Works: the Smart Growth Success Story of Arlington, Virginia (Atlantic)
- Crumbling Infrastructure Is Canary in Coal Mine for Future of US Economy (The Street)
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