Today’s Headlines
House Transportation Bill Clears Committee, 29-24, in Marathon 18-Hour Markup (Politico) Early Morning Amendment Bars CA HSR From Bill’s Federal Funds (Hill) Another Amendment Postpones Decision on Lifting Limits on Trucks (Bloomberg) Congress Struggles for Solution to Fix Crumbling Infrastructure (WaPo) Infrastructure Problems Go Beyond the Dollars (HuffPo) State DOT Association Chief: Feds’ Wrangling Is … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:47 AM EST on February 3, 2012
- House Transportation Bill Clears Committee, 29-24, in Marathon 18-Hour Markup (Politico)
- Early Morning Amendment Bars CA HSR From Bill’s Federal Funds (Hill)
- Another Amendment Postpones Decision on Lifting Limits on Trucks (Bloomberg)
- Congress Struggles for Solution to Fix Crumbling Infrastructure (WaPo)
- Infrastructure Problems Go Beyond the Dollars (HuffPo)
- State DOT Association Chief: Feds’ Wrangling Is “Sinking the Ship” (Philly Inqy)
- NRDC’s Deron Lovaas: Congress Declaring War on Public Transportation
- NRDC’s Kaid Benfield: The Environmental Building Blocks of Urban Happiness
- Injured Journalist Inspires Times of London’s Cycling Campaign (TreeHugger)
- Portion of Honolulu to Go on Road Diet for Bike Lanes (Valley Sun)
- Austin Gets Super-Swank Zero-Energy Suburb (Grist)
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