Today’s Headlines
Shuster Lays Out Agenda for Transpo Committee (Roll Call) NC Governor Picks Ex-County Schools Chief for Top Transpo Post (Charlotte Observer, Herald Sun) Amtrak Names New Chiefs for Business, Safety (The Hill) Deval Patrick Tones Down Talks on Gas Tax Hike as Polls Prove It’s Unpopular (AP, Statehouse News) “Big New Mass Transit Plans Are Cooking” … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EST on January 4, 2013
- Shuster Lays Out Agenda for Transpo Committee (Roll Call)
- NC Governor Picks Ex-County Schools Chief for Top Transpo Post (Charlotte Observer, Herald Sun)
- Amtrak Names New Chiefs for Business, Safety (The Hill)
- Deval Patrick Tones Down Talks on Gas Tax Hike as Polls Prove It’s Unpopular (AP, Statehouse News)
- “Big New Mass Transit Plans Are Cooking” in Atlanta (AJC)
- Maryland Makes Strides With Cycling (Baltimore Sun)
- Strong Towns Offers Thoughts on “Next Generation DOTs”
- NJ Transit Uses Fed Funds for New Natural-Gas Buses (Asbury Park Press)
- Estonia’s Capital Makes Public Transpo Free (Business Insider)
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