Today’s Headlines
- Derrick Jackson: Boston Needs to Muster the Will to Adopt Congestion Pricing (Globe)
- U.S. Auto Industry Predicts Return to Pre-Crash Size By 2016 (NYT Mag)
- After T-SPLOST Defeat, Georgia Gov Focuses on Interchange Project, Rules Out New Rail Funding (AJC)
- This Fall, Houstonians Can Vote to Actually Spend All Transit Tax Dollars on Transit (Texas Watchdog)
- When Transit Taxes Don't Buy Everything That Was Promised -- Lessons From Miami (TransportPolitic)
- There's a Growing Number of Young Couples in Search of Walkability in the Twin Cities (Star Trib)
- With Drivers Feeling More Pain at Pump, GOP Revives Fantasy That Obama Controls Gas Prices (Hill)
- Central Ohio Finds Money to Expand Transit Service Now That New Casinos Are Opening (AP)
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