Today’s Headlines
Long-term Transportation Bill Facing Detour After Detour (Politico) Santorum: High Gas Prices to Blame for ’08 Mortgage Crisis (Hill) Senate Transportation Bill LaHood’s Clear Favorite: “Take Politics Out of Transportation” (WaPo) LaHood Honks at Motorists on the Phone (WTOP) US Mayors Throw Their Weight Behind Transportation Infrastructure Yet Again (JAXDaily) CNN: More People Going By … Continued
8:49 AM EST on February 28, 2012
- Long-term Transportation Bill Facing Detour After Detour (Politico)
- Santorum: High Gas Prices to Blame for ’08 Mortgage Crisis (Hill)
- Senate Transportation Bill LaHood’s Clear Favorite: “Take Politics Out of Transportation” (WaPo)
- LaHood Honks at Motorists on the Phone (WTOP)
- US Mayors Throw Their Weight Behind Transportation Infrastructure Yet Again (JAXDaily)
- CNN: More People Going By Bike to Avoid the Gas Pump
- Residents Organize to Bring Walkability Back to Old Houston Neighborhood (TranspoNation)
- Wisconsin’s Smart Growth Legislation at Risk (Channel3000)
- If You Drive a Hummer, Don’t Complain About Gas Prices (Treehugger)
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