Today's Headlines

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) … Continued

By Kathryn Reid Moore

8:51 AM EST on February 6, 2012

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)