Today’s Headlines
Rep. LaTourette, Boehner’s Centrist Friend, Holds Key to Transportation Bill (Hill) Santorum Blames High Gas Prices for the Recession. Is He Right? (WaPo) Whoever ‘Shafted Mass Transit,’ Can You Help Revive a Transpo Bill? (WaPo) Out of Reach: How Sprawl Jacks Up the Price of ‘Affordable’ Housing (Grist) …And Causes Increased Pollution (CityPaper) MD Governor … Continued
8:58 AM EST on February 29, 2012
- Rep. LaTourette, Boehner’s Centrist Friend, Holds Key to Transportation Bill (Hill)
- Santorum Blames High Gas Prices for the Recession. Is He Right? (WaPo)
- Whoever ‘Shafted Mass Transit,’ Can You Help Revive a Transpo Bill? (WaPo)
- Out of Reach: How Sprawl Jacks Up the Price of ‘Affordable’ Housing (Grist)
- …And Causes Increased Pollution (CityPaper)
- MD Governor Needs to Make His Case for Higher Gas Tax to Fund Roads (WaPo)
- LaHood Again Delays Rule Requiring New Cars to Have Dashboard Reverse Cameras (USAToday)
- Utah Eliminating Driver’s Ed for Anyone Over 19 (Salt Lake Tribune)
- 1940s Bike Safety Education Pamphlet Is Shocking Today for the Wrong Reasons (Treehugger)
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