Today’s Headlines
Is the White House Focus on Jobs a Roadblock to Transportation Reauthorization? (Politico) LaHood in Detroit with $47 Million in Relief for Transit Riders (DFP) Democrats Press Supercommittee to Go After Oil Subsidies (The Hill) Study: High Speed Rail in One Province Could Boost Entire Canadian Economy (Montreal Gazette) Can Electric Cars Actually Save Electricity? … Continued
9:54 AM EDT on October 18, 2011
- Is the White House Focus on Jobs a Roadblock to Transportation Reauthorization? (Politico)
- LaHood in Detroit with $47 Million in Relief for Transit Riders (DFP)
- Democrats Press Supercommittee to Go After Oil Subsidies (The Hill)
- Study: High Speed Rail in One Province Could Boost Entire Canadian Economy (Montreal Gazette)
- Can Electric Cars Actually Save Electricity? (WaPo)
- Yglesias on the Folly of City-Owned Parking Garages (Atlantic)
- The Urban Living Boom Held Back by Not-So-Stranded Suburbanites (Grist)
- Investors May Not Back California HSR Until After It’s Running (LATimes)
- Cars and Intersections May Soon ‘Talk’ Using USDOT Connected Vehicle Technology (WKMG)
- Bright Lights, Big City: The Beauty of Our Cities At Night (NRDC)
- Making Cities Livable Conference Extends Healthy Communities Design Deadline (Planetizen)
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