Today’s Headlines
- Now Is the Time to Fight, Transportation Advocates (Transport Politic)
- Rep. De Fazio Champions Safe Routes to School Just Before Party Line Vote to Defund (Shareable)
- GOP Transit Bill Gets Railed From All Sides (Washington Times, Hill)
- Just How Big Are Subsidies to Fossil-Fuel Companies? (Grist)
- Climate Change Will Make You Love Big Government (Grist)
- How Taxis Solve the "Last Mile" Challenge of Transit (Atlantic Cities)
- In Post-Earmark Era, Small Cities Increase Federal Lobbying Budget to Save Projects (NYTimes)
- Law Enforcement Among Those Opposing NH Bill to Ban Sobriety Checkpoints (UnionLeader)
- Traffic Camera Law Split Among States, Confusing Motorists and Policymakers (USAToday)
- Unions, Students Remind CA “We Want High-Speed Rail” (OC Register)
- Michigan’s Limited Texting Ban Not Keeping Motorists Off Social Media, Out of Crashes (MLive)
- Piscataquis, Maine Could Be the USA’s Newest, Truest Car-Free City (PlanetSave)
- Thriving U.S. Rail Industry Means Jobs, Profits in Pittsburgh (Post-Gazette)
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