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FTA Grants Houston $900 Million for Light Rail Expansion (Houston Chronicle) Politics Destroyed ‘Sustainable Communities’ Programs, But Its Work is Still Being Done (Boston Globe) “OMG!” Regal Cinemas and Gas Station TVs to Show New Anti-Distracted Driving PSAs (FastLane) Amtrak Routes Carrying 75% of Passengers Now Offer Free Wi-Fi (SFGate) 12 Dead on Georgia Roads … Continued

By Kathryn Reid Moore

8:58 AM EST on November 29, 2011

FTA Grants Houston $900 Million for Light Rail Expansion (Houston Chronicle)
Politics Destroyed ‘Sustainable Communities’ Programs, But Its Work is Still Being Done (Boston Globe)
“OMG!” Regal Cinemas and Gas Station TVs to Show New Anti-Distracted Driving PSAs (FastLane)
Amtrak Routes Carrying 75% of Passengers Now Offer Free Wi-Fi (SFGate)
12 Dead on Georgia Roads Over Thanksgiving Holiday Is Pretty Standard (Augusta Chronicle)
California’s Thanksgiving Weekend Death Toll (21) Includes One Ped, One Cyclist (Cyclelicious)
California Clearly Needs HSR, But Can Government Afford It? (NPR)
Smart Growth Development Funding Transit in San Diego (Sign on SD)
Funded BRT in Connecticut Irks Those Fighting for Local Rail Expansion (Transport Politic)
DC Metro Considers a ‘Tourist Zone’ Flat Fare, But It’s Not as Simple as It Sounds (GGW)

Kathryn Reid Moore

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