Today’s Headlines
What Obama Said About Transportation in Yesterday’s Speech (Transpo Issues Daily) Reid Sets Thursday Deadline for Senate Transpo Bill (The Hill) Stanley Kurtz at the National Review Spouts Paranoia About Obama’s “Anti-Suburban Revolution” FTA’s Peter Rogoff Talks About His New Boss with Charlotte Biz Journal Bill Shuster on Obama’s Speech: “Continuously Recycling Old Ideas Offers Little Substance” Some … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
9:06 AM EDT on July 31, 2013
- What Obama Said About Transportation in Yesterday’s Speech (Transpo Issues Daily)
- Reid Sets Thursday Deadline for Senate Transpo Bill (The Hill)
- Stanley Kurtz at the National Review Spouts Paranoia About Obama’s “Anti-Suburban Revolution”
- FTA’s Peter Rogoff Talks About His New Boss with Charlotte Biz Journal
- Bill Shuster on Obama’s Speech: “Continuously Recycling Old Ideas Offers Little Substance”
- Some Want to See Shuster Get More Active on Infrastructure (E&E Daily)
- How “Design-Build” Can Save Time and Money on Projects (Transpo Issues Daily)
- GGW Praises Metro’s New Union Contract
- Big Day for San Antonio With Streetcar, Rail (My SA)
- Boston’s T May Open for Night-Owl Service (Next City)
- Low-Car Households Have Helped Fuel Portland’s Growth (Bike Portland)
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