Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines
By Tanya Snyder
- Obama Signs Trust Fund Patch Into Law (Transport Topics)
- Will a Republican Senate Get to Write Transportation Bill in May? Looks Like It (WaPo)
- Transportation Reform Champion Sen. Brian Schatz Likely to Eke Out Nomination (WaPo)
- Road Lobby's Warning Against Fuel Economy Standards: It Will Lower Gas Tax Receipts (The Hill)
- WaPo's Courtland Milloy Goes on a Bike Ride (DCist, City Paper)
- DC Punts on 16th Street Bus Lane (WaPo, GGW)
- Chicago Buses Now Legally Allowed to Ride on Shoulder (AP, ENews)
- Utah Transit Authority Looking for Funds to Expand Service (Tribune)
- Opponents of California Climate Law Stoke Fears of High Gas Prices (E&E)
- Why Do Transit Projects Still Take Decades to Build? (CityLab)
- RIP Robin Williams: Actor, Comedian, Urban Bicyclist (Cyclelicio.us)
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