Today’s Headlines
House-Passed Sandy Bill Includes $10.9B for Transit (Business Insider, The Hill) LaHood Continues Holding Pattern With His Status (Politico) Court Turns Down Light Rail Plan for Kansas City (Kansas City Star) Gas Tax Talks Around the Country: Washington State, Virginia, Maryland, and Wyoming D.C. Metro Preps for Inauguration (The Hill) In Boston, Transit App Brought $1M … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:15 AM EST on January 16, 2013
- House-Passed Sandy Bill Includes $10.9B for Transit (Business Insider, The Hill)
- LaHood Continues Holding Pattern With His Status (Politico)
- Court Turns Down Light Rail Plan for Kansas City (Kansas City Star)
- Gas Tax Talks Around the Country: Washington State, Virginia, Maryland, and Wyoming
- D.C. Metro Preps for Inauguration (The Hill)
- In Boston, Transit App Brought $1M in Ticket Sales Since November (Boston.com)
- Cycling Factors More and More Into Housing Hunts (AP)
- Study: Cities Go For “Lower-Hanging Fruits” with Climate Change (Atlantic Cities)
- Swelling NJ Transit Needs More State Funding (Next American City)
- Also in NJ: Star-Ledger Praises Commuter Tax Benefit Parity for Transit
- Affordable Housing + Paid Parking Lot: Does It Add Up? (WAMU)
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