Today’s Headlines
Obama Urges Action on Highway Trust Fund: “It’s Not Crazy. It’s Not Socialism” (Biz Insider) Foxx Warns That State Funding Will Be Rationed Starting August 1 … (Dallas News) … And Defends Obama for Dragging Feet on Gas Tax (Roll Call) With Holiday Weekend Coming, Gas Prices Reach Six-Year High (The Hill) LaHood Encourages Missouri … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on July 2, 2014
- Obama Urges Action on Highway Trust Fund: “It’s Not Crazy. It’s Not Socialism” (Biz Insider)
- Foxx Warns That State Funding Will Be Rationed Starting August 1 … (Dallas News)
- … And Defends Obama for Dragging Feet on Gas Tax (Roll Call)
- With Holiday Weekend Coming, Gas Prices Reach Six-Year High (The Hill)
- LaHood Encourages Missouri to Pass Transpo Funding Referendum (St. Louis Public Radio)
- Timetable Speeds Up for LA Stretch of Bullet Train (LAT)
- DOT Reviews Detroit’s Request for More Streetcar Funds (Detroit News)
- Do the Twin Cities Have the Best Bike-Share in the U.S.? (City Lab)
- Reliable Data Makes a Difference for Active Transportation (NRDC Switchboard)
- Arlington, Texas, Warms to Transit (Dallas News)
- Oklahoma City Plans to Add 62 Miles of Bike Lanes (KOCO)
- Will On-Demand Bus Service Transform Boston Transit? (Boston Globe)
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