Today’s Headlines
High-Speed Rail Brawl Spills Onto House Floor (Politico); LaHood to Testify (C-SPAN) Also: LaHood Talks to Obama About Sticking Around (Politico) Senate Committee Looks at Hurricane Damage to Transpo Systems (Transpo Nation, C-SPAN) Mica Bids Goodbye to Chairmanship (The Hill) Worker Rights Issues Tie Up Vote on Detroit Transit Authority (MLive) Massachusetts Transpo “at a … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:02 AM EST on December 6, 2012
- High-Speed Rail Brawl Spills Onto House Floor (Politico); LaHood to Testify (C-SPAN)
- Also: LaHood Talks to Obama About Sticking Around (Politico)
- Senate Committee Looks at Hurricane Damage to Transpo Systems (Transpo Nation, C-SPAN)
- Mica Bids Goodbye to Chairmanship (The Hill)
- Worker Rights Issues Tie Up Vote on Detroit Transit Authority (MLive)
- Massachusetts Transpo “at a Crisis Stage” (Sentinel and Enterprise)
- HuffPo Column Advocates “Three-Step Mass Transit Program” for Climate Change
- “Road Usage Charge” Could Replace Gas Tax Altogether in Washington State (NWCN)
- Grist Chats This Morning with “Carbon Zero” Author
- Minneapolis Wants the Light Rail — But Not the Freight Trains (MinnPost)
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