Today’s Headlines
MARTA’s Top Post Draws San Antonio Transit Chief (Atlanta Biz Chronicle) Ex-Board Member Blasts LaHood for Dropping Ball on Silver Line (WAMU, Bacon’s Rebellion) Farm Bureaus Ask to Halt Building on California High-Speed Rail Project (Merced Sun-Star) Things Look Bleak for Rhode Island’s Public Transit Agency (AP) Gas Tax Can Pay for Toxic Cleanup, Rules … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:57 AM EDT on October 5, 2012
- MARTA’s Top Post Draws San Antonio Transit Chief (Atlanta Biz Chronicle)
- Ex-Board Member Blasts LaHood for Dropping Ball on Silver Line (WAMU, Bacon’s Rebellion)
- Farm Bureaus Ask to Halt Building on California High-Speed Rail Project (Merced Sun-Star)
- Things Look Bleak for Rhode Island’s Public Transit Agency (AP)
- Gas Tax Can Pay for Toxic Cleanup, Rules Washington State Court (Seattle PI, AP)
- Mobilizing the Region: Stamford Needs to Focus on Transit-Oriented Development
- “So Much Has Changed” Since Voters Shot Down VA Beach Light Rail in ’99 (Pilot)
- Revamped Central Rail in New England Could Help Economy, Tourism (The Day)
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