Today’s Headlines
USDOT to Congress: We Need a ‘Gargantuan Large’ Investment in Transportation (WaPo) More States Crack Down on Driving While Texting (USAToday) Critics of Seattle’s Car Tab Fee Want to Use Funds for Bridge Repairs, New Bus Lines (Seattle Times) Chicago Set to Speed Up Transit and Freight Trains With New Track (Transport Politic) Michigan Amtrak … Continued
8:49 AM EDT on October 17, 2011
- USDOT to Congress: We Need a ‘Gargantuan Large’ Investment in Transportation (WaPo)
- More States Crack Down on Driving While Texting (USAToday)
- Critics of Seattle’s Car Tab Fee Want to Use Funds for Bridge Repairs, New Bus Lines (Seattle Times)
- Chicago Set to Speed Up Transit and Freight Trains With New Track (Transport Politic)
- Michigan Amtrak Trains Hit Record Ridership, State Plans for HSR (Detroit Free Press)
- As Federal Funds Dry Up, California Forced to Rewrite HSR Business Model (WSJ)
- Atlanta’s Regional Transit Plans Diluted By Politics Before Referendum (AJC)
- Fort Collins Proactive in Reducing Bike-Car Collisions, Mounts Bike Racks on Ambulances (Coloradan)
- Durbin: House Transportation Bill Would Cut Amtrak By 60%, ‘Seriously Hurt Illinois’ (Sun Times)
- Calgary, Canada Hits Commuter Transit Goal 13 Years Ahead of Goal (CalgaryHerald)
- Yglesias: War, Healthcare, Low Taxes Explain Underinvestment in Transportation (ThinkProgress)
- Business Warns America Must Invest in Infrastructure To Remain Competitive (Politico)
- Chinese Man Rides Bicycle He Made Out of Popsicle Sticks (Cyclicious)
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