Today’s Headlines
Broad Coalition Leaning on Congress to Pass Transportation Bill (Hill) Senate Bill Improves, But Crucial Vote Looms (T4A) Reid Seems Pessimistic Republicans Will End Filibuster, Allow Bill to Reach Vote (Hill) Inhofe: GOP Afraid of Needed Transportation Spending (TulsaWorld) States Increasingly Looking to a Gas Tax Increase to Fund Transportation Infrastructure (WaPo) National Journal Transportation Experts … Continued
8:54 AM EST on March 6, 2012
- Broad Coalition Leaning on Congress to Pass Transportation Bill (Hill)
- Senate Bill Improves, But Crucial Vote Looms (T4A)
- Reid Seems Pessimistic Republicans Will End Filibuster, Allow Bill to Reach Vote (Hill)
- Inhofe: GOP Afraid of Needed Transportation Spending (TulsaWorld)
- States Increasingly Looking to a Gas Tax Increase to Fund Transportation Infrastructure (WaPo)
- National Journal Transportation Experts Weigh In on the Transportation Bill
- UC Berkeley Study Finds Cellphone Restrictions on Drivers Saves Lives (NCTimes)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Highways in American Cities (NRDC)
- Problem with Chicago Mayor’s Infrastructure Bank Idea: Lack of Transparency (SunTimes)
- Celebrating Urban Community Through Infographics (Good)
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