Today’s Headlines
What If Congress Can’t Pass a Transpo Bill or Even an Extension? (Politico) As Promised, Reid Sets up Cloture Vote on Transportation Bill (Hill) T4America Advocacy Blitz Gains Support From Policymakers As Pump Prices Soar, Drivers Turn to Public Transit (UTSD, BND) Drill, Baby, Drill Redux: What Really Causes High Gas Prices and What Doesn’t … Continued
8:55 AM EST on March 5, 2012
- What If Congress Can’t Pass a Transpo Bill or Even an Extension? (Politico)
- As Promised, Reid Sets up Cloture Vote on Transportation Bill (Hill)
- T4America Advocacy Blitz Gains Support From Policymakers
- As Pump Prices Soar, Drivers Turn to Public Transit (UTSD, BND)
- Drill, Baby, Drill Redux: What Really Causes High Gas Prices and What Doesn’t (NYT)
- How an Infrastructure Bank Could Really Work for a City Like Chicago (Chicago Business)
- Austin Statesman: Give a Green Light to Red Light Traffic Enforcement
- GM Halts Production of Chevy Volt Due to Low Sales (WaPo)
- In Their Own Words: DC’s Planners Unknowingly Paved the Way for Sprawl 60 Years Ago (GGW)
- A Comic Look at How Rising Gas Prices Make for Silly Political Games (TransportGooru)
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