Today’s Headlines — 04/29/09
April 29, 2009By Andrew Bielak
- Texas Transportation Commissioner Ned Holmes says privatization won’t solve all of America’s transportation problems. (Dallas Morning News)
- U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar puts on the pressure for a mileage-based driving tax. (Associated Press)
- New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority looks at laying off as many as 600 workers to close its budget deficit. (New York Daily News)
- Congress faces a tough timeline for crafting a new transportation bill. (Reuters)
- Transit use soars in Chicago. (Chicago Sun-Times)
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- Transit grants out the federal door, but what about the cuts?
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February 17, 2010 - Obama’s 2011 budget gives a lift to livability and transportation
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- Transit grants out the federal door, but what about the cuts?
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