Today’s Headlines
Boehner’s Trying to Win Votes for House Bill By Making It More Extreme (Transpo Nation) Boxer: Making Transportation Policy “Uglier” Than Making Sausage (League) What Would More Local Control of Transportation Spending Mean? (TTPolitic) Politico Op-Ed: Transportation Policy Should Focus on Innovation, Not Shovels USDOT Asks Carmakers to Make Dashboards Less Distracting (BikePortland) Teen Driving Deaths … Continued
8:54 AM EST on February 17, 2012
- Boehner’s Trying to Win Votes for House Bill By Making It More Extreme (Transpo Nation)
- Boxer: Making Transportation Policy “Uglier” Than Making Sausage (League)
- What Would More Local Control of Transportation Spending Mean? (TTPolitic)
- Politico Op-Ed: Transportation Policy Should Focus on Innovation, Not Shovels
- USDOT Asks Carmakers to Make Dashboards Less Distracting (BikePortland)
- Teen Driving Deaths Up for First Time in 8 Years (Transpo Nation)
- MD Legislators Want to Put a Constitutional Lock on Transport Funds (NewsPost)
- San Francisco Buses to Police Bus & Bike Only Lanes with Cameras (Atlantic Cities)
- Texting While Driving Crackdown Stalls in Virginia Committee (TimesDispatch)
- TransportGooru: No One Does Road Safety Campaigns Like the Aussies
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