Today’s Headlines – 9/20/11
September 20, 2011By Transportation for America
Persistent unemployment, bridge safety and partisan divides will color the debate over transportation authorization in the next six months. (Politico)
A key Senate committee will vote today on funding for the innovative and forward-looking Partnership for Sustainable Communities program. (Streetsblog Capitol Hill)
Speaker John Boehner may push an omnibus spending a bill, despite opposition from his more conservative members. (Politico)
Brad Plumer explained how President Obama’s infrastructure bank proposal would work in practice. (WaPo)
Sacramento County supervisors face a crossroads on whether to move forward on tough smart growth guidelines, the region’s newspaper editorialized. (Sacramento Bee)
And, Secretary Ray LaHood touted the job-creating potential of transit while touring St. Paul’s Union Depot yesterday. (Finance and Commerce)
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