Today’s Headlines
LaHood: Transit’s Breaking Records, But There’s “More Work to Do” (Transpo Issues Daily) With White House Ambitions, O’Malley Takes Gamble With Gas Tax (BuzzFeed) WaPo: Time to Stop Tinkering With Virginia Transpo Bill NJ Transit Will Be Just About Back to Pre-Sandy Service By March 24 (Asbury Park Press) Despite Records, Some Transit Systems See … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:10 AM EDT on March 13, 2013
- LaHood: Transit’s Breaking Records, But There’s “More Work to Do” (Transpo Issues Daily)
- With White House Ambitions, O’Malley Takes Gamble With Gas Tax (BuzzFeed)
- WaPo: Time to Stop Tinkering With Virginia Transpo Bill
- NJ Transit Will Be Just About Back to Pre-Sandy Service By March 24 (Asbury Park Press)
- Despite Records, Some Transit Systems See Declines (Tri-City Herald)
- Nevada Lawmakers Defend Private Train’s Need for Federal Cash (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Urbanism Prof: D.C.’s Parking Plan is “Forward Thinking” (WAMU)
- Vermont House Comes Up with New Gas Tax Structure (VPR)
- What That Dream High-Speed Rail Map Would Mean for Pennsylvania (Morning Call)
- Bike Portland Photo Essay: D.C. Cycles
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