Today’s Headlines
CBO to Senate: For Transpo, Raise Gas Tax or Find $18 Billion (WaPo) Boxer Says Draft Bill Will Be Ready Next Week (The Hill) House GOP Rolls Out Giant Transpo, Housing Bill (Politico) Feds Clear Path for Sacramento Streetcar (Merced Sun Star) Standard & Poors: Infrastructure Investments Can Bring Benefits Beyond Jobs (Better Roads) BeltLine Opens … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:56 AM EDT on May 7, 2014
- CBO to Senate: For Transpo, Raise Gas Tax or Find $18 Billion (WaPo)
- Boxer Says Draft Bill Will Be Ready Next Week (The Hill)
- House GOP Rolls Out Giant Transpo, Housing Bill (Politico)
- Feds Clear Path for Sacramento Streetcar (Merced Sun Star)
- Standard & Poors: Infrastructure Investments Can Bring Benefits Beyond Jobs (Better Roads)
- BeltLine Opens Doors for Bigger Vision in Atlanta (Atlantic Cities)
- U.S. Chamber Endorses Shuster (Politics PA)
- On Friday, Denver Celebrates Revamped Transpo Hub (Denver Post)
- “Reinvent PHX” Targets Development Along 20 Miles of Light Rail (AZ Central)
- In First Days, Florida’s SunRail Doubles Ridership Expectations (WNYC)
- Cincinnati Revels in National Bike Month (Soapbox Media)
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