Today’s Headlines
States Must Find Uses for $473M in Unspent Transpo Funds (Transpo Issues Daily) Gas Tax Hike Likely on the Table for 2013 (Barron’s) Pittsburgh Transit Union Offers Concessions to Avoid Cuts, Layoffs (Post-Gazette) LaHood Hopes for Detroit Streetcar Announcement Soon (Detroit News) As Generations Shift, Driving Decreases (Grist) Was There an Airplane Bias Behind CA … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:20 AM EDT on August 20, 2012
- States Must Find Uses for $473M in Unspent Transpo Funds (Transpo Issues Daily)
- Gas Tax Hike Likely on the Table for 2013 (Barron’s)
- Pittsburgh Transit Union Offers Concessions to Avoid Cuts, Layoffs (Post-Gazette)
- LaHood Hopes for Detroit Streetcar Announcement Soon (Detroit News)
- As Generations Shift, Driving Decreases (Grist)
- Was There an Airplane Bias Behind CA Bullet Train Study? (The Day)
- “All Aboard Florida” Could Be Development Boon (Sun Sentinel)
- How High-Speed Rail Could Decongest Airports (Pedestrian Observations)
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