Today’s Headlines
Iowa-Centric Candidates Ignoring Urban Issues (Salon) and Transportation (Politico) Are More Temporary Extensions of Transportation Bills Inevitable? (National Journal) Romney’s Last Words Before Caucus Were Railing Against Amtrak (TranspoNation) Republican Presidential Candidates Weren’t Always Anti-HSR (NYTimes) Missouri’s Refusal to Adopt New Safety Standards Could Cut Them Off From Highway Fund (KCStar) Sprawl Is Costing Florida … Continued
8:56 AM EST on January 4, 2012
- Iowa-Centric Candidates Ignoring Urban Issues (Salon) and Transportation (Politico)
- Are More Temporary Extensions of Transportation Bills Inevitable? (National Journal)
- Romney’s Last Words Before Caucus Were Railing Against Amtrak (TranspoNation)
- Republican Presidential Candidates Weren’t Always Anti-HSR (NYTimes)
- Missouri’s Refusal to Adopt New Safety Standards Could Cut Them Off From Highway Fund (KCStar)
- Sprawl Is Costing Florida Hundreds of Millions (FL Independent)
- San Francisco Determined to Boost Transit, Biking and Walking to 50 Percent By 2010 (SFGate)
- Panel Says California Should Not Authorize Bond Money for HSR; Backers Lash Out (LATimes)
- Boston Transit Fares Could Rise 43 Percent, With Cuts to Bus, Rail and Ferry (Boston Globe)
- In Nevada, Driving Deaths Downs, Pedestrian Fatalities Up (8NewsNow)
- How the Dutch Got Their Cycle Paths (HuffPo)
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