Today’s Headlines
Unions Urge Obama to Hire Defender of Transportation Funding (The Hill) LaHood’s Private Sector Prospects (WaPo) Transit Bill Makes Headway in Indiana (Fox59) How Does Urbanism Fit Into the American Dream? (GGW) Plan to Axe the Gas Tax Moves Forward in Virginia (Examiner) Meanwhile, Talk of Gas Tax Hikes for Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wyoming Study: The Happiest Commuters … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:00 AM EST on January 31, 2013
- Unions Urge Obama to Hire Defender of Transportation Funding (The Hill)
- LaHood’s Private Sector Prospects (WaPo)
- Transit Bill Makes Headway in Indiana (Fox59)
- How Does Urbanism Fit Into the American Dream? (GGW)
- Plan to Axe the Gas Tax Moves Forward in Virginia (Examiner)
- Meanwhile, Talk of Gas Tax Hikes for Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wyoming
- Study: The Happiest Commuters Ride Bikes (Bike Portland)
- Smart Growth Advocates Defend Progress in Massachusetts (Providence Journal)
- How “Crowdfixing” Can Improve Transit (NRDC Switchboard)
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