Today’s Headlines
Transpo Bill Debate All Boils Down to This Week (Trans. Issues Daily) Unwalkable Communities Carry Serious Health Risks (AtlanticCities) How Pennsylvania DOT Wasted $77 Million and Won Two Awards for It (StrongTowns) More Cycling Infrastructure (Still) Key to Safer Streets for All (Metro) Prevailing Attitude Toward California HSR: “Oh, What the Heck.” (NBC San Diego) … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
9:14 AM EDT on June 25, 2012
- Transpo Bill Debate All Boils Down to This Week (Trans. Issues Daily)
- Unwalkable Communities Carry Serious Health Risks (AtlanticCities)
- How Pennsylvania DOT Wasted $77 Million and Won Two Awards for It (StrongTowns)
- More Cycling Infrastructure (Still) Key to Safer Streets for All (Metro)
- Prevailing Attitude Toward California HSR: “Oh, What the Heck.” (NBC San Diego)
- If Texas (and America) Want European-Style Transpo, Prepare to Pony Up (Statesman)
- House GOP’s Attack on TIGER Grants Hurts Passenger Rail, Transit (Fiscal Times)
- NJ Gov. Chris Christie’s New Transpo Bond Bill Skirts His Campaign Promises (NJ.com)
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