Today’s Headlines
Obama’s Rejection of Pipeline Was “Not Just The Right Call, But The Brave Call” (350.org) DC’s Dulles Airport Metro-Rail Could Lose Station… At Dulles (DC Examiner) Microsoft App Can Direct Pedestrians Around “Unsafe” Neighborhoods (Next Am. City) A Scorecard For The Global Metropolitan Economy (New Republic) Bike Sharing: It’s Global City Cycling’s Gateway Drug (TreeHugger) … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
9:17 AM EST on January 19, 2012
- Obama’s Rejection of Pipeline Was “Not Just The Right Call, But The Brave Call” (350.org)
- DC’s Dulles Airport Metro-Rail Could Lose Station… At Dulles (DC Examiner)
- Microsoft App Can Direct Pedestrians Around “Unsafe” Neighborhoods (Next Am. City)
- A Scorecard For The Global Metropolitan Economy (New Republic)
- Bike Sharing: It’s Global City Cycling’s Gateway Drug (TreeHugger)
- Miro Weinberger: New Urbanist, Burlington VT Mayoral Candidate (Seven Days)
- Booz Allen Hamilton’s Wish List for Monday’s State of the Union Address (TruckingInfo)
- Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) Vows to Fight New Railroad Regulations (Register-Mail)
- Calif. Governor Asks State to Cheer High-Speed Rail Project (NYT)
- WV Poised to Become 36th State to Ban Texting Behind the Wheel (Charleston Gazette)
- Newt Gingrich’s Newest “Elite”: Subway Riders (Daily Beast)
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