Today’s Headlines

by Kathryn Reid Moore

  • Is the White House Focus on Jobs a Roadblock to Transportation Reauthorization? (Politico)
  • LaHood in Detroit with $47 Million in Relief for Transit Riders (DFP)
  • Democrats Press Supercommittee to Go After Oil Subsidies (The Hill)
  • Study: High Speed Rail in One Province Could Boost Entire Canadian Economy (Montreal Gazette)
  • Can Electric Cars Actually Save Electricity? (WaPo)
  • Yglesias on the Folly of City-Owned Parking Garages (Atlantic)
  • The Urban Living Boom Held Back by Not-So-Stranded Suburbanites (Grist)
  • Investors May Not Back California HSR Until After It’s Running (LATimes)
  • Cars and Intersections May Soon ‘Talk’ Using USDOT Connected Vehicle Technology (WKMG)
  • Bright Lights, Big City: The Beauty of Our Cities At Night (NRDC)
  • Making Cities Livable Conference Extends Healthy Communities Design Deadline (Planetizen)