Today’s Headlines
The White House Has Issues With the House Transpo Funding Bill (Transpo Issues Daily) Senate Version Spends $10B More (AP) … and Splits GOP (The Hill) With Dire Funding Forecast, Lawmakers Debate Gas Tax Hike (The Hill) Anthony Foxx Attends to Transpo Needs in Connecticut, Minnesota (Better Roads) And Tomorrow, Foxx Will Make His First … Continued
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Katie Pearce
9:03 AM EDT on July 24, 2013
- The White House Has Issues With the House Transpo Funding Bill (Transpo Issues Daily)
- Senate Version Spends $10B More (AP) … and Splits GOP (The Hill)
- With Dire Funding Forecast, Lawmakers Debate Gas Tax Hike (The Hill)
- Anthony Foxx Attends to Transpo Needs in Connecticut, Minnesota (Better Roads)
- And Tomorrow, Foxx Will Make His First Appearance with Obama (The Hill)
- Next City: How Does Transit Access Affect Upward Mobility?
- Big Dreams: 51-Mile Bike Path Along L.A. River (LAT)
- Detroit Moves Ahead With Smart Growth (Next City)
- Good: Well-Designed Cities Make Us “Healthier, Happier, Sexier”
- Leah Treat Makes Her Debut as Portland Transpo Chief (Bike Portland)
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