Today’s Headlines
Shuster: Lawmakers to Address “Transportation Fiscal Cliff” of Gas Tax (The Hill) The Atlantic: “Big Oil Doesn’t Need Uncle Sam’s Help” Blumenauer Shoots Down Transpo Secretary Rumors (The Hill) National Review: Infrastructure’s Not Really “Crumbling,” Per Se… Planetizen Lists 10 Planning Trends of the Year, Including Streetcars, Bike Battles… Indiana DOT Looks to Improve Transit (Star … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:07 AM EDT on March 20, 2013
- Shuster: Lawmakers to Address “Transportation Fiscal Cliff” of Gas Tax (The Hill)
- The Atlantic: “Big Oil Doesn’t Need Uncle Sam’s Help”
- Blumenauer Shoots Down Transpo Secretary Rumors (The Hill)
- National Review: Infrastructure’s Not Really “Crumbling,” Per Se…
- Planetizen Lists 10 Planning Trends of the Year, Including Streetcars, Bike Battles…
- Indiana DOT Looks to Improve Transit (Star Press)
- But in Central Indy, Tea Party Fights Against Tax for Transit (Indy Star)
- Next City Excerpt: “Cities Without Highways”
- Connecticut Commuter Rail Group Balks at Malloy’s Plans to Disband It (CBS New York)
- Lessons on Livable Cities from Germany and Scandinavia (Sustainable Cities Collective)
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