Today’s Headlines
In Georgia, LaHood Criticizes Transpo Bailout, Touts Gas Tax (Atlanta Biz Chron) Poll Finds No Public Consensus on Transpo Funding (AP) Obama Goes It Alone on Infrastructure (Fiscal Times) Today: Foxx Hosts Virtual Town Hall on GROW AMERICA (Fast Lane) Missouri Voters Reject Sales Tax Increase for Transpo (KC Star) Tucson’s New Streetcar Exceeds Ridership … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:47 AM EDT on August 6, 2014
- In Georgia, LaHood Criticizes Transpo Bailout, Touts Gas Tax (Atlanta Biz Chron)
- Poll Finds No Public Consensus on Transpo Funding (AP)
- Obama Goes It Alone on Infrastructure (Fiscal Times)
- Today: Foxx Hosts Virtual Town Hall on GROW AMERICA (Fast Lane)
- Missouri Voters Reject Sales Tax Increase for Transpo (KC Star)
- Tucson’s New Streetcar Exceeds Ridership Predictions (Tucson Sentinel)
- How Will Sprawl Affect Ecosystems in the Southeast? (Guardian)
- DOE Secretary on Tour to Look at Energy, Transpo Needs (The Hill)
- Testing Out “Transit-Oriented Sprawl” in Prince William County (GGW)
- Danish Tourists Take Canada to Task on Car Culture (Treehugger)
- Transit Advocates in Providence Try to Halt Plaza Project (Providence Journal)
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