Today’s Headlines
See Who Voted to Quash Sen. Paul’s Anti-Bicycle/Pedestrian Amendment (Bike League) Senate Vote Preserves Critical Transpo Funding, But Not Much for HSR (T4A, Transportation Nation) Who Is Lobbying DC’s Top Transportation Congressmen? (Transportation Nation) Public Transit Lobby Gets New Chief (Hill) Plan for HSR More Realistic, Much More Pricey (SFGate) FL Gov. Says HSR Cost Overruns in … Continued
8:56 AM EDT on November 2, 2011
- See Who Voted to Quash Sen. Paul’s Anti-Bicycle/Pedestrian Amendment (Bike League)
- Senate Vote Preserves Critical Transpo Funding, But Not Much for HSR (T4A, Transportation Nation)
- Who Is Lobbying DC’s Top Transportation Congressmen? (Transportation Nation)
- Public Transit Lobby Gets New Chief (Hill)
- Plan for HSR More Realistic, Much More Pricey (SFGate)
- FL Gov. Says HSR Cost Overruns in CA Explain His Prior Rejection of Federal Funds (Hill)
- Is America’s Infrastructure Really So Bad? Two Viewpoints (WaPo)
- Rural Officials Continue Attacks on Maryland Anti-Sprawl Plan (Baltimore Sun)
- Moving the Suburban Workplace of Thousands Drives Up Transpo Costs for Pentagon (WaPo)
- CT DOT Denies Permits for New Wheelchair-Accessible Cabs (CTMirror)
- UPS Seeks 40 Seasonal Workers for Bicycle Delivery (BikePortland)
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