Today’s Headlines — 01/30/09
January 30, 2009By Andrew Bielak
- The Wall Street Journal looks at Virginia’s stimulus-funded plans for highway construction.
- Transit ridership soars in the Twin Cities. (MSNBC)
- The Star-Tribune says the stimulus “provides an opportunity to get the nation’s transportation system back on track.”
- Senate Republicans offer varying opinions on the stimulus bill coming their way for a vote next week. (CNN)
- Former Mass. Governor and ardent transit backer Michael Dukakis talks to Wired about high-speed rail.
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- Transit grants out the federal door, but what about the cuts?
March 8, 2010 - Transit riders in Atlanta face massive cuts, “wholesale restructuring” of service
March 5, 2010 - Opposition to Senate extension results in looming shutdown of federal transportation programs
February 26, 2010 - T4 jobs proposal would create nearly half a million jobs, according to Economic Policy Institute
February 17, 2010 - Obama’s 2011 budget gives a lift to livability and transportation
February 2, 2010
- Transit grants out the federal door, but what about the cuts?
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