Today’s Headlines
- Obama: U.S. Infrastructure "Embarrassing" Compared to China (The Hill, Bloomberg)
- On the Hill, Petri, Blumenauer Push for 15-Cent Gas Tax Hike (The Hill)
- Deadline Extensions Give MD's New Governor More Time on Purple Line (Baltimore Sun)
- CicLAvia Continues Tradition of Letting People Take Over the Streets (Next City)
- NYC's Noah Budnick to Head San Francisco Bike Coalition (Streetsblog SF)
- WaPo: DC Taxpayers Left "Holding the Bag" in Streetcar Debacle
- In Dallas, Opponents Fight Another Downtown Highway (Dallas News)
- Connecticut Needs to Make Some Big Transportation Decisions in Coming Years (Hartford Courant)
- Could BWI Emulate Oakland's New Airport Train? (GGW)
- First Mile Laid for Honolulu Rail (KHON)
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