Today’s Headlines
Transit Ridership Soars, But Maintenance Backlog Plagues Aging Systems (AP) Raquel Nelson’s Lawyer Prepares Appeal, Another Family Could Be Charged in Similar Collision (MDJ) Conservative Heritage Foundation Objects to House’s Shell Bill (Hill) If We Can’t Raise Gas Taxes, What About Tolling the Interstates? (Bellingham Herald) The National Journal Asks Experts About Individual Vehicle Travel … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:55 AM EDT on April 17, 2012
- Transit Ridership Soars, But Maintenance Backlog Plagues Aging Systems (AP)
- Raquel Nelson’s Lawyer Prepares Appeal, Another Family Could Be Charged in Similar Collision (MDJ)
- Conservative Heritage Foundation Objects to House’s Shell Bill (Hill)
- If We Can’t Raise Gas Taxes, What About Tolling the Interstates? (Bellingham Herald)
- The National Journal Asks Experts About Individual Vehicle Travel Fees
- National Infrastructure Bank Is Part of One Answer, Not the Answer (Trans. Issues Daily)
- How Bad Urban Design Makes You Feel Lonely (Atlantic Cities)
- House Repubs Put Oil Profits Before American Infrastructure Needs (Sierra Club)
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