Today’s Headlines
Obama: Cheap Gas Won’t Last Forever (Detroit News) Boxer Tells GOP to Focus on Transpo Bill, Not Keystone (The Hill) Prospects Dimming for Minneapolis Light Rail (StarTrib) Another GOP Senator Agrees That Gas Tax Hike Is “On the Table” (The Hill) Mapping Chicago’s Big TOD Projects (Curbed Chicago) Deadline Nears for Alaska Borough to Pay … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:58 AM EST on January 8, 2015
- Obama: Cheap Gas Won’t Last Forever (Detroit News)
- Boxer Tells GOP to Focus on Transpo Bill, Not Keystone (The Hill)
- Prospects Dimming for Minneapolis Light Rail (StarTrib)
- Another GOP Senator Agrees That Gas Tax Hike Is “On the Table” (The Hill)
- Mapping Chicago’s Big TOD Projects (Curbed Chicago)
- Deadline Nears for Alaska Borough to Pay Back Feds for Unused Ferry (Alaska Dispatch News)
- Jersey City to Join Citi Bike’s Network (NJ.com)
- Transportation Takes Center Stage in Connecticut Governor’s Annual Address (Governing)
- Purple Line Supporters Would Have Little Recourse If Hogan Kills It (Bethesda Mag)
- Does Courtland Milloy Raise a Good Point About Separated Bike Lanes? (Washingtonian)
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