Today’s Headlines
McDonnell Wants to Ditch Gas Tax for Higher Sales Tax in Virginia (WaPo, WAMU) WaPo Editorial Calls This Transpo Plan “Bold and Paltry” Grist Makes Predictions on Obama’s “Green Team,” Including Villaraigosa Former Mass Transpo Chief: Tax Parking to Fund Bike/Ped/Transit Projects (Governing) How to Make Transit as Fun as Driving (NRDC Switchboard) Harvard Profs: … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:10 AM EST on January 9, 2013
- McDonnell Wants to Ditch Gas Tax for Higher Sales Tax in Virginia (WaPo, WAMU)
- WaPo Editorial Calls This Transpo Plan “Bold and Paltry”
- Grist Makes Predictions on Obama’s “Green Team,” Including Villaraigosa
- Former Mass Transpo Chief: Tax Parking to Fund Bike/Ped/Transit Projects (Governing)
- How to Make Transit as Fun as Driving (NRDC Switchboard)
- Harvard Profs: Restrictive Zoning May Contribute to U.S. Income Inequality (Globe)
- Urban Land Institute Chats With “Human Transit” Author Jarrett Walker
- Cermak Road in Chicago: “The Greenest Street in America” (GizMag)
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