Today’s Headlines – 10/22/09
October 22, 2009By Sean Barry
Is happiness still that new car smell? The economic downturn and growing environmental consciousness are causing people to change their habits, embracing transit, walking and biking. (NYT)
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing a new spending package that includes infrastructure projects, but does not consider the proposal “stimulus.” (Roll Call)
A bipartisan trifecta of Southern California representatives opine that federal transit funding needs to get back on track. (LA Times)
But the LA Times editorial board takes the area Congressional delegation to task, accusing members of putting parochialism over practicality. (LA Times)
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hit the airwaves on behalf of Virginia Republican Bob McDonnell, asking voters to tell Democrat Creigh Deeds “we need a real transportation plan now.” (WP)
And, the Austin Chronicle stresses that transportation solutions must accommodate the “transit-dependent.” (Chronicle)
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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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