Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines
- No More War Will Save Billions; Obama Sees Money for Roads and Rail? (ChicagoTrib)
- Focus Shifts Away From High Speed Rail to Repairing Failing Infrastructure (PRI)
- Transportation Investment at Risk This Election Season (TransportPolitic)
- State of the Union’s Mass Transit: Not Good (HuffPo)
- Social Equity Will Affect Funding for Transportation Under New DOT Rule (BusinessWeek)
- FedEx CEO Calls for National Transportation Plan That Favors Fuel Efficiency (Commercial Appeal)
- Illinois Governor Quinn Announces $21.7 Million for Safe Routes to School (Aledo Times)
- Birmingham, Once a Walkable City, Looks Back to the Future (Weld Birmingham)
- Montgomery County, MD Votes in Favor of Bus Rapid Transit (Patch)
- … and Explores Bringing Bike Share to Its Suburbs (Transportation Nation)
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