National: White House Looking to Bypass Governor
February 18, 2011|Huffington Post
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is expected to meet with Florida's congressional delegation Thursday afternoon in an effort to circumvent Gov. Rick's Scott's rejection of $2 billion in federal funds for a state high-speed rail project...
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National: High Speed Rail Was Oversubscribed
February 18, 2011|Transportation Nation
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In his second press conference as White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney fielded a number of questions about Bahrain, the economy - and high-speed rail. When asked about how Florida's rejection of high-speed rail money would impact the Obama Administration's infrastructure plans, Carney said:..
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National: DOE Budget Jumps on Electric Vehicles
February 18, 2011|Reuters
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The 2012 Department of Energy budget submitted to Congress on Monday includes a 20-page section on Vehicle Technologies (VT), and nearly every word of it refers to vehicle electrification. In language of funding dollars, the VT budget jumps by 80 percent from $325 million to $588 million...
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Florida: Veto Proof Majority Rebukes Scott
February 18, 2011|St. Petersburg Times
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A veto-proof majority of the Florida Senate rebuked Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday in a letter that urged the federal government to give the state $2.4 billion in high-speed rail money that Scott wants to reject...
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Blogosphere: Donovan - Sustainability is Key
February 15, 2011|Urban Land
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Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), knows a lot about big-city housing rehabilitation and construction issues. After all, he was New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's housing commissioner for four years before joining the Obama administration...
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Radio: All American Streetcar Boom
February 14, 2011|NPR
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President Obama spent the past week talking about his plans to improve America's infrastructure. These speeches sometimes sound like something out of The Jetsons, when the president talks about high-speed rail, futuristic airports and nationwide, broadband Internet....
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Radio: All American Streetcar Boom
February 14, 2011|NPR
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President Obama spent the past week talking about his plans to improve America's infrastructure. These speeches sometimes sound like something out of The Jetsons, when the president talks about high-speed rail, futuristic airports and nationwide, broadband Internet....
Transportation Budget Choices For America's Future
February 14, 2011
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Reconnecting America was pleased to see that the president’s budget for Fiscal Year 2012 offers significant deficit-reduction, but also calls for substantial investment in our nation’s infrastructure, particularly for public transportation and high-speed rail.
Press Release: Transportation Budget Choices For America's Future
February 14, 2011
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Reconnecting America was pleased to see that the president’s budget for Fiscal Year 2012 offers significant deficit-reduction, but also calls for substantial investment in our nation’s infrastructure, particularly for public transportation and high-speed rail.
Quote of the Day
February 8, 2011|New York Times
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"The reality," Mr. Inouye said, "is that critical needs in communities throughout the country will be neglected: roads and bridges in disrepair, job training programs shuttered, and vital resources for national defense and law enforcement cut off, to name just a few."
