Today’s Headlines
Transportation Issues Daily Not Expecting Much Transpo Talk at Tonight’s State of the Union Unions Hope Obama Will Push For Infrastructure Investment (The Hill) … And WaPo Is Pretty Sure He Will — But How Will Republicans Respond? Robert Reich Makes the Case For an Investment Budget and Wise Infrastructure Spending Utah Wants to Recalibrate Gas Tax … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:38 AM EST on February 12, 2013
- Transportation Issues Daily Not Expecting Much Transpo Talk at Tonight’s State of the Union
- Unions Hope Obama Will Push For Infrastructure Investment (The Hill)
- … And WaPo Is Pretty Sure He Will — But How Will Republicans Respond?
- Robert Reich Makes the Case For an Investment Budget and Wise Infrastructure Spending
- Utah Wants to Recalibrate Gas Tax to Give More Control to States (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Gov. McDonnell Ready to Cut a Deal, Rescind Gas Tax Elimination Proposal (CBS, WaPo)
- Freight RRs Hope Iowa Will Take Advantage of Federal Funds (Quad-City Times)
- Gov. Perry Ready to Take on Transportation Funding Shortfall (KUT)
- Beltway HOT Lanes a Bust So Far (Examiner)
- Philly Looks to Cap Riverfront Highway, Revitalize Ben Franklin Parkway (Next City)
- The “Creative Class” Does Not Lift All Boats (Grist)
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.
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