Today’s Headlines
In Transpo Conference Committee, All Eyes on the Kids in the Back of the Room (Fox News) More Signs That Builders and Developers Are Reversing 60 Years of Sprawl (USA Today) Congress Ponders Elimination of Bicycle Commuting Census Info (LAB) Think Gas Is Expensive? Think Again (HuffPo) U.S. DOT Awards $5.1 Million Bus Rapid Transit … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
9:18 AM EDT on May 16, 2012
- In Transpo Conference Committee, All Eyes on the Kids in the Back of the Room (Fox News)
- More Signs That Builders and Developers Are Reversing 60 Years of Sprawl (USA Today)
- Congress Ponders Elimination of Bicycle Commuting Census Info (LAB)
- Think Gas Is Expensive? Think Again (HuffPo)
- U.S. DOT Awards $5.1 Million Bus Rapid Transit Grant to Reno, NV (FoxReno)
- Another Congressman Joins Fight to Restore Parking-Transit Tax Break Parity (NECN)
- Orlando-to-Miami Private Passenger Rail Study Expected Within a Month (Sentinel)
- NRDC’s Rob Perks Shows Us That Even When We Don’t Pay for Transpo, We All Pay
- Last Night Was the Ride of Silence, Founded by Chris Phelan to Prevent Tragedy
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