Today’s Headlines
- LaHood Offers Public Thank You to Transportation Workers Across Northeast (Hill)
- South Carolina Gov., Citing State DOT Debt, Says FEMA Will Cover Most Costs of Irene (WSPA)
- GOP Now Supports Funding FEMA -- At Expense of Infrastructure (Salon)
- Extreme Heat Is Enough to Buckle Aging Infrastructure in Houston (ABC)
- Can Taxing Trucks By the Mile Save Transportation Funding? (Stateline)
- U.S. DOT Says New Road Signs Can Wait (NYT)
- Nebraska’s Capital City Considers Privatizing Its Buses (JournalStar)
- Pennsylvania to Use Traffic Cameras to Improve Safety During Construction (PBGLive)
- Central Florida Businesses Eagerly Prepare for Sunrail (Progressive Railroading)
- Streetsblog Founder Gets People Thinking About Better City Transportation (Wired)
- Transportation Equity Seeking Short Videos of You Saying ‘Yes to Transit’
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