Today’s Headlines
- Senate to Vote on Highway Trust Fund This Week (The Hill)
- With the Bill, Congress Gives a High-Profile Example of Kicking the Can (Politico)
- Could a Carbon Tax Help Replenish the Fund? (The Energy Collective)
- Remembering a Failed Anti-Freeway Crusade in L.A. (City Lab)
- Libertarian Think Tank Agrees With Tolls Funding Transpo Projects (The Hill)
- In Denver, $200M Extension of Southeast Rail Moves Forward (RT&S)
- 10 Different Views on California High-Speed Rail (Atlantic)
- Grist: Good Public Transpo Doesn't Have to Be Just an Urban Thing
- Repairs Slated for Failing MetroNorth Bridge (The Hour)
- Florida Works to Connect SunRail to Orlando Airport (AP)
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