Today’s Headlines
Obama to House: Pass the Senate Transpo Bill (Hill) Transpo Funding Will Be Extended Beyond Saturday’s Deadline (Trans. Issues Daily) For This Congress, Only Modest Ambitions Prevail (AP) Americans Waste Nearly 2 Billion Gallons of Gas Per Year (USA Today) What Planners Knew 100 Years Ago, And Why We Don’t Do It Anymore (StrongTowns) Debate … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:54 AM EDT on March 26, 2012
- Obama to House: Pass the Senate Transpo Bill (Hill)
- Transpo Funding Will Be Extended Beyond Saturday’s Deadline (Trans. Issues Daily)
- For This Congress, Only Modest Ambitions Prevail (AP)
- Americans Waste Nearly 2 Billion Gallons of Gas Per Year (USA Today)
- What Planners Knew 100 Years Ago, And Why We Don’t Do It Anymore (StrongTowns)
- Debate Over Gas Prices is Snarling Dems’ Efforts on Transpo Bill (Hill)
- Excellent Summary of Where Transpo Fits in the Federal Budget (Trans. Issues Daily)
- Bullet Train to Vegas Seeks $4.9 Billion Federal Loan (MSNBC)
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