Today’s Headlines – 11/19/09
November 19, 2009By Transportation for America
Senator Barbara Boxer, chair of a key environment committee, has called on the White House for help pushing through a six-month extension of the transportation bill. (NYT)
A new jobs bill that includes significant infrastructure spending could come to the floor of the U.S. House by mid-December. (WSJ)
Without a surge in clean technology investment, the U.S. risks falling behind China, South Korea and Japan. (Green Inc.)
In a heated Republican primary for Texas Governor, incumbent Rick Perry has cautiously embraced a gas tax hike while current Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has dismissed it. (Messenger)
A partnership between business and labor is needed to revive mass transit in Gary, Indiana. (Post-Tribune)
Pedestrians need to be a part of the transportation equation, the Asheville Citizen-Times editorializes. (Citizen-Times)
And, NIMBYism – “not in my backyard” reactions to new development – has extended to solar-power installation in the Mojave Desert. (WSJ)
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