Today’s Headlines
States Fear Effects of a Congressional Stalemate on Transportation Funding (WaPo) ‘Calling It a Third World Transportation System Is Unfair to the Third World’ (Bloomberg) Gov. Scott Wants to Sell Florida Regional Transit, or Take It Over Completely (Palm Beach Post) Editorial: Funding Transportation Infrastructure With Driver’s Test Fee Makes Sense (PennLive) Dallas Begrudgingly Finds It … Continued
9:17 AM EDT on August 24, 2011
- States Fear Effects of a Congressional Stalemate on Transportation Funding (WaPo)
- ‘Calling It a Third World Transportation System Is Unfair to the Third World’ (Bloomberg)
- Gov. Scott Wants to Sell Florida Regional Transit, or Take It Over Completely (Palm Beach Post)
- Editorial: Funding Transportation Infrastructure With Driver’s Test Fee Makes Sense (PennLive)
- Dallas Begrudgingly Finds It Can’t Sell Naming Rights to Transit Stations (Dallas Observer)
- Transit Riders Fight Back Against Proposed 16.4 Percent Fare Increase in Connecticut (Courant)
- Downtown Is Alive! Study Shows Surge in People Living, Taking Transit in LA (Curbed)
- Editorial: Smart Growth Mandates Anger Local Politicians (Baltimore Sun)
- Politifact New Jersery Confirms Transit Fares Have Increased as Much as 47 Percent
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