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Today’s Headlines

Posted By Tanya Snyder On November 26, 2012 @ 8:44 am In Today's Headlines | No Comments

Secretary Villaraigosa ^[1]… Has a Nice Ring to It (NBC San Diego ^[2], Atlantic Cities ^[3])
Chuck Marohn’s Radical Idea For the Next Transportation Bill: Don’t Pass One (Better! Cities & Towns ^[4])
AASHTO Needs to Update Its Guidance to States in Light of Climate Realities (AP ^[5])
If Passenger Rail Can Be Profitable, Why So Much Federal Investment in California HSR? (TBO ^[6])
Major Expansion in Ohio’s Freight Rail Capacity Could Replace 1000s of Trucks (Columbus Dispatch ^[7])
Comparing U.S. Rail to China (LymeLine ^[8])
Boston’s MBTA Faces Its Own Fiscal Cliff (Globe ^[9])
TXDOT Is Drowning in Debt — And Fossil Fuels (Statesman ^[10], Star-Telegram ^[11])
North Texas Commuter Rail Becoming a Reality (Star-Telegram ^[12])
A Little Sympathy For Stroller-Wielding ^[13] Transit Riders, Please (Chicago Tribune ^[14])
Bike-Share Downhill, Bus Back Up: Planning For Asymmetric Mode Share (Ped Observations ^[15])
Clif Bar Says Happy Holidays to Employees With Custom PUBLIC Bikes (SF Chronicle ^[16])

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[1] Secretary Villaraigosa: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/11/19/streetsblog-readers-have-spoken-janette-sadik-khan-for-dot-secretary/

[2] NBC San Diego: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/blogs/prop-zero/Secretary-Villaraigosa-Antonio-Los-Angeles-Mayor-Transportation-Metro-180234001.html

[3] Atlantic Cities: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/11/want-change-federal-transportation-policy-put-mayor-charge/3954/#

[4] Better! Cities & Towns: http://bettercities.net/news-opinion/blogs/charles-marohn/19176/what-federal-role

[5] AP: http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/local/story/Extreme-weather-tough-on-transportation-system/f2yFaTq9m0upakXqCFsHWA.cspx

[6] TBO: http://www2.tbo.com/news/opinion/2012/nov/25/vwopino1-private-passenger-train-would-change-rail-ar-574491/

[7] Columbus Dispatch: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2012/11/25/improvement-in-freight-rail-eases-logistics.html

[8] LymeLine: http://www.lymeline.com/news.php?viewStory=5925

[9] Globe: http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/letters/2012/11/24/nation-grapples-with-fiscal-cliff-massachusetts-must-face-its-own-transit-crisis/gq1C8XvAsBiRfoIDdcvGcO/story.html

[10] Statesman: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/transportation/highway-leader-says-time-to-turn-away-from-debt-fo/nTFWq/

[11] Star-Telegram: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/11/23/4435490/texas-department-of-transportation.html

[12] Star-Telegram: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/11/24/4437009/commuter-rail-plan-is-chugging.html

[13] Stroller-Wielding: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/08/24/stroller-share-can-i-get-an-amen/

[14] Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-strollers-1126-20121126,0,4068876.story

[15] Ped Observations: http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/asymmetric-mode-choice/

[16] SF Chronicle: http://blog.sfgate.com/bicycle/2012/11/23/bicycles-as-employee-gifts/

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