Today’s Headlines
What Happens to Rural Areas as the World’s Population Moves to Cities? (Good) Former LA Port Worker Pushes to Dump Planned Highway Extension, Build Rail Instead (Burbank Leader) LaHood Hits Back Against Post Editorial Slamming High Speed Rail Plans (WaPo) WaPo Also Takes Aim at VA Gov. McDonnell’s Unpaid-For Transpo Plans Why Aren’t Chicago’s Mayoral … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:45 AM EST on January 18, 2011
- What Happens to Rural Areas as the World’s Population Moves to Cities? (Good)
- Former LA Port Worker Pushes to Dump Planned Highway Extension, Build Rail Instead (Burbank Leader)
- LaHood Hits Back Against Post Editorial Slamming High Speed Rail Plans (WaPo)
- WaPo Also Takes Aim at VA Gov. McDonnell’s Unpaid-For Transpo Plans
- Why Aren’t Chicago’s Mayoral Candidates Talking About Transit? (Tribune)
- NJ Lawmakers to Gov. Christie: Cut Tolls That Were Implemented to Pay for ARC Tunnel (Land Line)
- United Van Lines Tracks Migration Patterns: Americans Are Moving West and South
- Grassroots, Business Initiatives Press Florida Gov to Say Yes to High Speed Rail (Sun Sentinel)
- Looking for a More Cost-Effective Way to Transport the Disabled (Toronto Star)
- Affordable Housing Tools for Avoiding Transit-Oriented Gentrification (GGW)
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.
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