Today’s Headlines

by Tanya Snyder

  • Neither Party Can Get a Budget Bill Passed in the Senate (The Hill)
  • Census Confirms That California Picked Booming Cities for High-Speed Rail (Transportation Nation)
  • Florida DOT Exposes Gov. Scott’s Error, Finds That HSR Would Have Made a Profit (Miami Herald)
  • LaHood Continues to Reject Gas Tax Increase But Offers No Alternative (Land Line)
  • GAO Finds Red Tape, Redundancies, Inefficiencies at USDOT (FOX News)
  • Mica: Starting Cycle of Surface Transpo Extensions Was a “Major Mistake” And It Ends Here (The Hill)
  • Rising Fuel Costs Mean Increased Transit Ridership But It’s Still a Net Loss for the System (BizJournal)
  • At the Bike Summit: School Biking Champion Spearheads First Lady’s “Let’s Move!” Campaign (LAB)
  • League of American Bicyclists Announces Stanford As First-Ever Platinum Bicycle-Friendly University
  • Bus Rapid Transit in the U.S. Suffers From Epidemic of Cutting Corners (GGW)
  • TSA Tested Body Scanners for Transit Stations (Forbes)
  • Infographic: The Origin of a Traffic Jam (Cyclelicio.us)