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Today’s Headlines

Chicago Tribune Talks With LaHood Days Before Retirement (With More Excerpts Here) And With Detroit News, LaHood Backs Miles-Traveled Tax Foxx Watch: Confirmation Coming Soon (The Hill) With Ed Markey, Senate Gets a Climate Hawk (Grist) Amtrak Sees Senate’s Funding Proposal as “Workable” (The Hill) In Connecticut, Gov. Malloy Shoots Down GOP Attempt to Stop Gas Tax … Continued
  • Chicago Tribune Talks With LaHood Days Before Retirement (With More Excerpts Here)
  • And With Detroit News, LaHood Backs Miles-Traveled Tax
  • Foxx Watch: Confirmation Coming Soon (The Hill)
  • With Ed Markey, Senate Gets a Climate Hawk (Grist)
  • Amtrak Sees Senate’s Funding Proposal as “Workable” (The Hill)
  • In Connecticut, Gov. Malloy Shoots Down GOP Attempt to Stop Gas Tax Hike (WTNH)
  • How Should Amsterdam Deal with Having More Bikes Than People? (Smart PlanetTreehugger)
  • Massachusetts Activists Want Their State to be the First on Carbon Tax (Grist)
  • Bike Portland‘s Happy About Oregon’s New Policy Adviser 
  • San Jose Pulls Out the Green Paint for Bike Lanes Today (Cyclelicious)

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