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Governing Asks Six Transportation Policy Questions for 2013 Shuster Sees Compromise for Amtrak Funding (The Hill), and Won’t Rule Out Gas Tax (Bloomberg) Future Amtrak Will Be “More Like a Business and Less Like a Government Agency” (USA Today) EPA Honors Seven Smart Growth Projects (Switchboard) More on Why States Aren’t Using Flex Funds for … Continued

By Katie Pearce

8:57 AM EST on November 29, 2012

Governing Asks Six Transportation Policy Questions for 2013
Shuster Sees Compromise for Amtrak Funding (The Hill), and Won’t Rule Out Gas Tax (Bloomberg)
Future Amtrak Will Be “More Like a Business and Less Like a Government Agency” (USA Today)
EPA Honors Seven Smart Growth Projects (Switchboard)
More on Why States Aren’t Using Flex Funds for Transit (Atlantic Cities)
Grist Excerpts Chapter 2 of “Carbon Zero”
Should Silicon Valley Extend Light Rail Despite Projected Low Ridership? (Mercury News)
Funding Shifts Help Pittsburgh Transit (AP)
Should the D.C. Area Spend Billions to Accommodate Sprawl? (WAMU)

Katie Pearce

Today's Headlines

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