Today’s Headlines
Are Big Brother Fears Valid for Mileage Tax? (Politico) Engineering News-Record Chats with LaHood VA Senate Deadlocks on McDonnell’s Kill-the-Gas-Tax Bill (WaPo, Loudon Times-Mirror) …While Corbett Calls for 5-Cent Increase for PA (Inquirer, PennLive) Slate, Transpo Nation Look at TTI Urban Mobility Findings Study: Transit Users Get More Exercise (UPI) Green Lane Project Appreciates Ed … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:01 AM EST on February 6, 2013
- Are Big Brother Fears Valid for Mileage Tax? (Politico)
- Engineering News-Record Chats with LaHood
- VA Senate Deadlocks on McDonnell’s Kill-the-Gas-Tax Bill (WaPo, Loudon Times-Mirror)
- …While Corbett Calls for 5-Cent Increase for PA (Inquirer, PennLive)
- Slate, Transpo Nation Look at TTI Urban Mobility Findings
- Study: Transit Users Get More Exercise (UPI)
- Green Lane Project Appreciates Ed Koch’s Bike Lane Legacy
- Seattle Buses Need New Money Fast (MyNorthwest)
- North Carolina Looks at Restoring Abandoned Rail Line (StarNews)
- This Week: National Smart Growth Conference in Kansas City, Mo. (EPA)
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