Today’s Headlines

By Katie Pearce

9:03 AM EDT on August 1, 2013

The House Transpo Budget Sure Seems Like a Goner (Transpo Issues Daily, Politico)
Rick Larsen: House Process Looks Like "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" (The Hill)
What the Failure to Pass a Transpo Spending Package Says About the House GOP (TPM)
Foxx Heads to Missouri and Wisconsin (The Hill)
Former Chicago Mayor Wants to Give Cities Sustainability Boost (Grist)
Sierra Club Notes Progress a Year After TSPLOST Died in Georgia (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
At 20th Anniversary, St. Louis Metrolink Sees Spread of TOD (St. Louis Public Radio)
Strikes Hold Up Phoenix Buses (USA Today)
San Antonio Ponders Streetcar Options (Railway Age)
How a Long Commute Can Wreck Your Life (Video from WSJ Live)

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