Today’s Headlines
Funding Rejected by GOP Governors Keeps Obama’s HSR Plans on Track (Hill) LaHood: Passage of Transportation Bill Critical to Job Creation (Journal Star) DOT Bans Use of Hand-Held Devices for Commercial Drivers (Landline) Reviving the Urbanized, Habitable Bridge (Next American City) Would Fewer But Heavier Trucks Be Safer and More Fuel Efficient? (FOX) The Hummer … Continued
8:50 AM EST on November 28, 2011
- Funding Rejected by GOP Governors Keeps Obama’s HSR Plans on Track (Hill)
- LaHood: Passage of Transportation Bill Critical to Job Creation (Journal Star)
- DOT Bans Use of Hand-Held Devices for Commercial Drivers (Landline)
- Reviving the Urbanized, Habitable Bridge (Next American City)
- Would Fewer But Heavier Trucks Be Safer and More Fuel Efficient? (FOX)
- The Hummer Returns!? Could Obama’s Fuel Standards Bring Back the SUV? (TreeHugger)
- The Fringe Suburb is Dead (NYTimes)
- Looking Back on 2011 for Bikes Makes Grist Wheely Wheely Thankful
- Study: Answer to California’s Energy Crisis is Easy! E-Cars and More Power Plants! (Cyclelicious)
- Innovative Polish Subway Trains Recycle Kinetic Energy (Earth & Industry)
- Put to a Vote, Controversial $5.5 Billion Rail Project Wins in Germany (BostonGlobe)
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