Today’s Headlines
Senate Committee Takes Positive Steps for Multimodalism, Safer Streets (T4America) But — Shocking! — Partisan Politics Played Role in Senate Markup (Politico) After Leaks, Tiger III Official Grant Announcements Today (Trans. Issues Daily) Passenger Rail Outlook for 2012 (Progressive Railroading) DART Board Awards Contract for DFW Airport Line (KTVT) DC Area Smart Growth Milestones of … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:52 AM EST on December 15, 2011
- Senate Committee Takes Positive Steps for Multimodalism, Safer Streets (T4America)
- But — Shocking! — Partisan Politics Played Role in Senate Markup (Politico)
- After Leaks, Tiger III Official Grant Announcements Today (Trans. Issues Daily)
- Passenger Rail Outlook for 2012 (Progressive Railroading)
- DART Board Awards Contract for DFW Airport Line (KTVT)
- DC Area Smart Growth Milestones of 2011: Steps Forward and Back (GGW)
- WA Task Force Suggests 15-20 Cent Increase in Gas Tax (Seattle Times)
- Nassau County Approves PPP with Veolia for Bus Service (Long Island Business News)
- Finally, Washington’s Union Station to Get a Pedestrian-Friendly Makeover (DC City Paper)
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