Today’s Headlines
Transpo Bill Deal Could Be Near, With Student Loan Rates Now in the Mix (Reuters, Bloomberg) One Dem Conferee Threatens Not to Sign On in Protest of GOP Tactics (Hill) Brookings Institution’s Robert Puentes Wants a Deal Done, Still Expects Extension First Sustainability Report From Northeast Ohio Org. Shows Costs of Sprawl (Plain Dealer) Still … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:56 AM EDT on June 27, 2012
- Transpo Bill Deal Could Be Near, With Student Loan Rates Now in the Mix (Reuters, Bloomberg)
- One Dem Conferee Threatens Not to Sign On in Protest of GOP Tactics (Hill)
- Brookings Institution’s Robert Puentes Wants a Deal Done, Still Expects Extension
- First Sustainability Report From Northeast Ohio Org. Shows Costs of Sprawl (Plain Dealer)
- Still Think Gas Prices Are High? (DailyFinance)
- Romney Backer Agrees New Gas Tax Revenues Needed for Transpo Investments (ThinkProgress)
- The Complicated Relationship Between Vehicle Miles Traveled and Growth (Cyclelicio.us)
- Canada: Toronto’s Ambitious Transit Plan (Star) Walks a Trail Blazed by Vancouver (Grist)
- Infographic: The Many Benefits of Transit (CreditDonkey via SFgate)
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