Today’s Headlines
Obama Pledges Action on Climate Change in State of the Union (Grist) Shuster to Speak at “Let’s Rebuild America” Summit Today (The Hill) Outgoing LaHood Praises Obama’s Attention to Passenger Rail (Politico) Why LaHood Turned Out to Be the Right Pick After All (Reuters) Members Confirmed for Senate Transportation Subcommittee (Transpo Issues Daily) Mica Aims … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:01 AM EST on February 13, 2013
- Obama Pledges Action on Climate Change in State of the Union (Grist)
- Shuster to Speak at “Let’s Rebuild America” Summit Today (The Hill)
- Outgoing LaHood Praises Obama’s Attention to Passenger Rail (Politico)
- Why LaHood Turned Out to Be the Right Pick After All (Reuters)
- Members Confirmed for Senate Transportation Subcommittee (Transpo Issues Daily)
- Mica Aims Again at His Favorite Target: Amtrak (The Hill)
- The Two Sides of Federal Transpo Debate: Reformers and Devolutionists (Transpo Issues Daily)
- Virginia Seems Closer to Compromise on Transpo Bill (WaPo)
- Lawmakers, Not Voters, May Approve Gas Tax Increase in Washington State (Seattle Times)
- Plan for “XPress West” Train Slow to Leave the Station (Las Vegas Review-Journal, Vegas Inc.)
- Building Better Bike Lanes Through the Green Lane Project (Atlantic Cities)
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