Today’s Headlines
Mayors See “One of Their Own” Rise with Foxx Pick (Memphis Biz Journal) What Legacy Does LaHood Leave? (NPR) In California, More Delays Threaten July Start for Bullet Train Build (LAT) Higher Gas Tax Kicks in Next Week in Vermont (Land Line) Bloggers for Sierra Club, CP&DR Share Foxx Anecdotes …and Planetizen Rounds Up Predictions on Foxx Which Cities … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:07 AM EDT on May 1, 2013
- Mayors See “One of Their Own” Rise with Foxx Pick (Memphis Biz Journal)
- What Legacy Does LaHood Leave? (NPR)
- In California, More Delays Threaten July Start for Bullet Train Build (LAT)
- Higher Gas Tax Kicks in Next Week in Vermont (Land Line)
- Bloggers for Sierra Club, CP&DR Share Foxx Anecdotes
- …and Planetizen Rounds Up Predictions on Foxx
- Which Cities Are Doing Best With New “Complete Streets”? (Co.Exist)
- Change in L.A. Transpo Will Go Beyond Laying the Tracks (NPR)
- Will Foxx Be a Portland Lover Like LaHood? (Portland Biz Journal)
- Blumenauer Shows Rochester, NY, the Way (Rochester City Newspaper)
- Saporta Report: Georgia Can’t Stand By Watching Other States Invest in Transpo
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