Today’s Headlines
A Friendly Reminder That Bike-Ped Still Isn’t Safe in Congress (LAB) Harry Reid Would Fold Student Loan Interest Extensions Into Transpo Bill (Hill) Boehner Floats Possibility of 6-Month Transpo Extension, to Boxer’s Chagrin (Reuters, WaPo) Secretary LaHood: Distracted Driving at Level of National Epidemic (TranspoNation) Houston Moves Forward With New Commuter Rail Line (Transpo Nation) … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:57 AM EDT on June 8, 2012
- A Friendly Reminder That Bike-Ped Still Isn’t Safe in Congress (LAB)
- Harry Reid Would Fold Student Loan Interest Extensions Into Transpo Bill (Hill)
- Boehner Floats Possibility of 6-Month Transpo Extension, to Boxer’s Chagrin (Reuters, WaPo)
- Secretary LaHood: Distracted Driving at Level of National Epidemic (TranspoNation)
- Houston Moves Forward With New Commuter Rail Line (Transpo Nation)
- Vote for Your Favorite Bike Chicago PSA! (Grid Chicago)
- What Can Be Done With a Run-of-the-Mill Parking Lot? (Next Am. City)
- Chicago Gets Dyed Neon in City’s Largest Public Art Project (Atlantic Cities)
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