Today’s Headlines
U.S. Needs Long Term Vision for Stimulus Spending on Transpo Infrastructure (Bloomberg) Oberstar: Transit Pushed Aside for Tax Cuts in Stimulus Bill (TPM) House Stimulus Bill Would Give CA $2.8B for Roads, $950M for Transit (LA Times) Schwarzenegger lobbies DC for CA Tailpipe Restrictions, Enviros Thrilled (NY Times) Chronicle Editorial Supports Gov’s Bid to Enforce … Continued
By
Matthew Roth
9:29 AM PST on January 23, 2009
- U.S. Needs Long Term Vision for Stimulus Spending on Transpo Infrastructure (Bloomberg)
- Oberstar: Transit Pushed Aside for Tax Cuts in Stimulus Bill (TPM)
- House Stimulus Bill Would Give CA $2.8B for Roads, $950M for Transit (LA Times)
- Schwarzenegger lobbies DC for CA Tailpipe Restrictions, Enviros Thrilled (NY Times)
- Chronicle Editorial Supports Gov’s Bid to Enforce Strict Tailpipe Standards (SF Gate)
- BART to Consider Increased Fares and Parking Fees to Close Budget Deficit (Examinter)
- Muni Collecting More Fares, Increasing Revenues, and Vowing Innovation (Examiner)
- More Peninsula Grousing Over High Speed Rail (PA Online)
- Assailant in 2006 Death Over Parking Space Guilty of Manslaughter (SF Gate)(Examiner)
- L.A. Approves Westside Subway Extension (LA Times)
- Bye-Bye Overhead Wires? Meet the New Electromagnetic Trams (Transport Politic)
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