http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/06/17/boxer-likes-lahoods-18-month-extension-plan/ Your daily source for national transportation policy news and analysis. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/06/17/boxer-likes-lahoods-18-month-extension-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-75945 Geck Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:40 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=7099#comment-75945 I wonder how much this delay is designed to allow a beefed up funding stream via an increased gas tax that is not politically viable in this recession, but that may be 18 months out if and when the economy pick up. I wonder how much this delay is designed to allow a beefed up funding stream via an increased gas tax that is not politically viable in this recession, but that may be 18 months out if and when the economy pick up.

]]> http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/06/17/boxer-likes-lahoods-18-month-extension-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-75944 Damien Newton Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:32:13 +0000 http://dc.streetsblog.org/?p=7099#comment-75944 Only Barbara Boxer could look at an 18 month delay and think, "Wow, we're moving forward!" Only Barbara Boxer could look at an 18 month delay and think, “Wow, we’re moving forward!”

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