Today’s Headlines

by Tanya Snyder

  • Will Florida End Up Having to Pay the Feds For Killing HSR? (Florida Times-Union)
  • LaHood Lays Off Restrictions On Hands-Free Car Distractions, Targets Teens (Detroit News, WaPo)
  • Bike Advocates Converge On Washington Amid Concern of Spending Cuts (WaPo)
  • White House Eyes Oil Reserves As Prices Rise (JOC)
  • Janette Sadik-Khan, Under Attack For Re-Distributing Valuable Rights-of-Way in NYC (TNR)
  • Rising Gas Prices Are Increasing the Mass Transit Dividend: How Much Does Your City? (APTA)
  • NY Republican Peter King Attacks His Party’s Cuts to Transit Security (The Hill)
  • HOV Lanes Have Created a Unique “Slugging” Subculture in DC: Leaderless and Trusting (Miller-McCune)
  • Total Miles Traveled Might Be Rising, But Per Capita Driving Has Plateaued (Switchboard)
  • Pro-Car Toronto Mayor Devises New Transit Plan to Serve Half the People For the Same Cost (City TV)