Today’s Headlines
Mica Pledges to Block Proposed Rules to Limit Truckers’ Time on the Road (The Hill, TruckingInfo) Rep. Cravaack, Who Ousted Oberstar, Wants to Block MN HSR Line His Predecessor Wanted (AP) The Trans-Texas Corridor Debacle Is Going to Come Back to Haunt Rick Perry (Transpo Nation) Are China’s HSR Safety Problems “Just a Small, Small … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:28 AM EDT on September 29, 2011
- Mica Pledges to Block Proposed Rules to Limit Truckers’ Time on the Road (The Hill, TruckingInfo)
- Rep. Cravaack, Who Ousted Oberstar, Wants to Block MN HSR Line His Predecessor Wanted (AP)
- The Trans-Texas Corridor Debacle Is Going to Come Back to Haunt Rick Perry (Transpo Nation)
- Are China’s HSR Safety Problems “Just a Small, Small Episode” Or a Major Setback? (NPR)
- Obama Admin Delays Release of New Fuel Economy Rules — But Just Till November (Freep)
- What’s Causing the Increase in Big-Box Vacancy? Expanded Broadband Access (Yglesias)
- Villaraigosa Sees Transportation As Key to Job Creation in L.A. and the Country (Intersections)
- ODOT Manager Explains How to Make a VMT Fee Friendly to the Private Sector (Bloomberg)
- States Cut Staff, Capital Projects, Maintenance in Dire Economic Times (WaPo, Conway Daily Sun)
- Controversial Marcellus Shale Project Could Be Approved to Help Pay State Transpo Costs (Post-Gazette)
- First Lawsuit Filed in Columbia River Bridge Project (Post-Intelligencer)
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.
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