Today’s Headlines
House Nixes Extra Funding for Transit, Where Is Schumer? (NYC Streetsblog) Metro’s Dilemna: Ridership Up But Funding Down, What to Do? (Times) Federal Transpo Policy Stuck in the Asphalt Age (Citiwire) Now’s the Time to Invest in Infrastructure at Bargain Prices (Ryan Avent via Streetsblog.net) New Coalition Links Rail Advocates on Capitol Hill (The Hill) … Continued
9:42 AM PST on January 27, 2009
- House Nixes Extra Funding for Transit, Where Is Schumer? (NYC Streetsblog)
- Metro’s Dilemna: Ridership Up But Funding Down, What to Do? (Times)
- Federal Transpo Policy Stuck in the Asphalt Age (Citiwire)
- Now’s the Time to Invest in Infrastructure at Bargain Prices (Ryan Avent via Streetsblog.net)
- New Coalition Links Rail Advocates on Capitol Hill (The Hill)
- Shocker: Detroit Balks at Tougher Emissions Standards (NYT)
- On Bike Licenses: “Moratorium Doesn’t Mean Termination” (LA Now)
- Researchers Slam Safety Aspects of Expo Line (Daily News)
- 1% of Stimulus for Transit is Dissapointment #1 (Mobilizing the Region)
- La Habra City Council Fights Harbour Blvd. and Transit Expansion (Whittier Daily News)
- How Bad Is the Global Car-Crash Death Toll? (Treehugger)
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