Today’s Headlines – 3/10/10
March 10, 2010By Transportation for America
A new coalition is petitioning for $74 million in added funding for the Washington Metro system in order to avoid new cuts and fare hikes. (WP)
Stimulus-funded purchases of energy-efficient lighting products for roads required a suspension of “Buy American” rules. (NYT)
Despite clocking in as relatively dangerous for pedestrians, metro Atlanta still has some great places to walk. (Journal-Constitution)
Entrenched subsidies continue to tilt the scales in favor of sprawl over cities. (Globe)
Train agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area are expecting hundreds of millions of funding from a regional set-aside in California’s high-speed rail bond. (Mercury-News)
And, high-speed rail in Europe helped with social cohesion, a more difficult task in the vast United States. (Brookings Blog)
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