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Today’s Headlines

8:56 AM EST on November 8, 2011

    • Study: Traffic Collisions Cost $299.5 Billion a Year, Leading Killer of Americans 5-34 (National Journal)
    • Commuter Transit Tax Benefit Set to Expire This Year (TransNat)
    • Detroit Buses Back in Service After Strike Over Safety for Drivers (Hill, Detroit News)
    • CA HSR: To Build Big and Bold or Small and Less Costly? (Politico)
    • Obama’s Vision for HSR Across America Continues to Stall (MSNBC)
    • Op-Ed: Sprawl Is the Real Enemy of Rural Living (Baltimore Sun)
    • Chicago Hopes to Boost Transit Use by Allowing Buses on Shoulders (Chicago Tribune)
    • Los Angeles’s Disadvantaged Population Denied Transportation Options (NRDC)
    • Amsterdam, Portland Show That Bikes and Light Rail Are Allies (GGW)
    • Spinlister Company Aims to Bring Peer-to-Peer Bike Sharing (BikePortland)

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