Today’s Headlines
The Highway Trust Fund Is Pretty Screwed (Governing, Stateline) Lawmakers Debate How to Plug the $92B Funding Hole (Land Line) American Lung Association Ranks “State of the Air” in U.S. Cities (HuffPo, Atlantic Wire) …For 13th Time, L.A Has “Dirtiest Air” (ABC News, KPCC) Low Grades Also for D.C. Area, Philly, Utah Detroit Free Press: “Don’t Do Dumb Stuff That … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:08 AM EDT on April 25, 2013
- The Highway Trust Fund Is Pretty Screwed (Governing, Stateline)
- Lawmakers Debate How to Plug the $92B Funding Hole (Land Line)
- American Lung Association Ranks “State of the Air” in U.S. Cities (HuffPo, Atlantic Wire)
- …For 13th Time, L.A Has “Dirtiest Air” (ABC News, KPCC)
- Low Grades Also for D.C. Area, Philly, Utah
- Detroit Free Press: “Don’t Do Dumb Stuff That Will Make Transit Any Worse”
- Vermont Lawmakers OK Gas Tax Hike (VPR)
- Montgomery County, MD, Inks Bike-Share Deal with Alta (Wash Cycle)
- Advocates Hope Fort Worth Transit Center Will Spawn “Urban Village” (Star-Telegram)
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