TN Moving Stories: Obama energy spending doubts, one cent for transit? Turkish flight attendants can't be fat

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Transportation Nation | Aug 16, 2010

Dept of Energy not spending stimulus smartly, even as more money comes it way (The Hill)

Chicago Transit Authority averages one bus collision per day‎ (Chicago Tribune)

Why don't women run automakers?  (Automotive News)

CA high-speed rail opponents on the Peninsula ready lawsuits, ballot measures (SJ Mercury News)

Fight brewing over one-cent transportation sales tax in GA (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Do rule-obiding casual carpoolers chip in for new Bay Bridge toll?  (SF Chronicle)

Flight attendants at Turkish Airlines told to lose weight or lose their jobs (Economist)

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