Today’s Headlines
Romney: As President, I’d Borrow to Pay for Transportation Infrastructure (Transpo Nation) Senator Brown’s Transit Flexibility Bill Is Badly Needed in Many Cities (T4A) Mexico City’s Sleek New Buses Cut Pollution, Generate Carbon Credit Sales (Reuters) Strong Support for Texting Ban Runs Deeper in Missouri Town (HuffPo) BRT Is Great But Is It to Blame … Continued
9:00 AM EST on December 19, 2011
- Romney: As President, I’d Borrow to Pay for Transportation Infrastructure (Transpo Nation)
- Senator Brown’s Transit Flexibility Bill Is Badly Needed in Many Cities (T4A)
- Mexico City’s Sleek New Buses Cut Pollution, Generate Carbon Credit Sales (Reuters)
- Strong Support for Texting Ban Runs Deeper in Missouri Town (HuffPo)
- BRT Is Great But Is It to Blame for Killing Detroit Plans for Light Rail? (Transport Politic)
- DC City Council Considers Move to Promote Partying in the Streets (HousingComplex)
- Sprawl Blamed for Plunging Canadians Into Debt (Times Colonist)
- Salt Lake Suburbia Wants ‘Suburban Renaissance for the 21st Century’ (SLTribune)
- Burlington, Vermont Police Discover the Benefits of Bicycle Patrols (Fox8)
- Transit Goes Festive for the Holidays (NRDC)
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