Today’s Headlines
CA Governor Still Budgeting for HSR, Proposes New Agency (SacBee) Carnegie Endowment: Time to Reassess Our National Transportation Program (Hill) What Happened to the Rick Santorum Who Supported Amtrak as a Senator? (Politico) Houston Making Baby Steps Toward Bike-share (TransNat) Private Group, USDOT May Fund Scaled-Back Light Rail in Detroit (TransportPolitic) Georgia State Representative Urges … Continued
8:58 AM EST on January 9, 2012
- CA Governor Still Budgeting for HSR, Proposes New Agency (SacBee)
- Carnegie Endowment: Time to Reassess Our National Transportation Program (Hill)
- What Happened to the Rick Santorum Who Supported Amtrak as a Senator? (Politico)
- Houston Making Baby Steps Toward Bike-share (TransNat)
- Private Group, USDOT May Fund Scaled-Back Light Rail in Detroit (TransportPolitic)
- Georgia State Representative Urges Support for Penny Transportation Tax (WMAZ)
- Serious Potential of Paved Parking Lots as Public Spaces (NYT)
- Indiana DOT Planning to Build 28 New Roundabouts – State Only Has Three Now (Trib)
- Schumer Continues Push for Commuter Tax Extension (Hill)
- Delicious Collects a Stack of Transportation Infographics
- And a Tip of the Hat to the Infrastructurist After a Fine Three-Year Run
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