Today’s Headlines
Federal Transportation Bill Moving in House (Trans. Issues Daily) Secretary LaHood Proposes Streamlining Transit Approvals (Cypress Times) High-Speed Rail for 80 Percent of Americans Is Still Goal (TranspoNation) Funding Transportation: Gas Tax vs. Tolls (WTOP) APTA Applauds State of the Union Despite Rail Snub (Hill) Accusations of Delay in Disclosing Chevy Volt Fires (NYT) Five … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:50 AM EST on January 26, 2012
- Federal Transportation Bill Moving in House (Trans. Issues Daily)
- Secretary LaHood Proposes Streamlining Transit Approvals (Cypress Times)
- High-Speed Rail for 80 Percent of Americans Is Still Goal (TranspoNation)
- Funding Transportation: Gas Tax vs. Tolls (WTOP)
- APTA Applauds State of the Union Despite Rail Snub (Hill)
- Accusations of Delay in Disclosing Chevy Volt Fires (NYT)
- Five Things to Know About Installing HSR in USA (Int’l Biz Traveler)
- 23,000-Home Development Declared “Not Sprawl” by FL Judge (Sentinel)
- The Ten Coolest Public Transportation Airport Routes (USA Today)
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