Today’s Headlines
- Obama Taps Mendez, Rogoff for Key DOT Spots (Better Roads)
- Foxx Rallies with Unions on Highway Trust Fund (USA Today)
- Shuster Faces Primary Next Tuesday (The Hill)
- "Bike to Work Day" Is Already the Culture in D.C. (WaPo)
- Missouri Voters to Decide on Sales Tax Increase for Transpo (Columbia Daily Trib)
- Why Seattle Suburbanites Can't Support Transit Measures as Readily as City Dwellers (Grist)
- How Will the Silver Line Affect the Virginia Burbs? (Next City)
- Salt Lake City Moves Away From the Car (Time)
- Could Madison, WI, Replace Messy Intersection With Its Own Millennium Park? (Cap Times)
- Five Ways to Improve Suburban Sprawl (NationSwell)
- How Can Middle Tennessee Plan Wisely for Its Population Growth? (Nashville Ledger)
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