Today’s Headlines
- Biden's Infrastructure Speech Highlights the Administration's Disappointing Record (CFR, AP)
- "Possible" Presidential Candidates Still Trading Barbs About the Auto Bailout (WaPo)
- Sen. Susan Collins Pushes to Raise Trucker Limit From 70 to 82 Hours a Week (The Hill)
- Let's All Calm the Heck Down About Ebola on Public Transportation (Yahoo News)
- When Oil Prices Rise, Pols Call for Gas Tax Holiday. Oil Prices Are Low Now. (Bloomberg)
- Chicago Gets Major Upgrade in Farecard Technology, Consolidation (GovTech, BizJournal)
- DC's 11th Street Park Will Literally Bridge Two Very Different Neighborhoods (CityLab)
- Miamians Spend Bigger Share of Their Income on Housing + Transpo Than New Yorkers (New Times)
- Toronto Needs More Transit But Isn't Willing to Pay For It (Global News)
- Strong Towns' Chuck Marohn Lays Out the Conservative Case Against the Suburbs
- Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman Talks to CityLab About the New Rail Bill
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