Today’s Headlines
Snow Brings Freight, Passenger Transportation to a Halt in Chicago (Sun-Times, Beacon-News) Is the Chamber of Commerce’s Push for Infrastructure Investment All Talk? (HuffPo) Colorado Lawmakers Soundly Reject Proposal to Redirect Transit Money to Roads (Bloomberg) Ed Glaeser Talks Cities With Grist Portland City Official Pushes to Implement Bicycle Signaling Statewide (BikePortland) Former PA Gov. … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:48 AM EST on February 3, 2011
- Snow Brings Freight, Passenger Transportation to a Halt in Chicago (Sun-Times, Beacon-News)
- Is the Chamber of Commerce’s Push for Infrastructure Investment All Talk? (HuffPo)
- Colorado Lawmakers Soundly Reject Proposal to Redirect Transit Money to Roads (Bloomberg)
- Ed Glaeser Talks Cities With Grist
- Portland City Official Pushes to Implement Bicycle Signaling Statewide (BikePortland)
- Former PA Gov. Ed Rendell Hired to Advise on Private Infrastructure Investment (Fortune)
- When “On Time” = Five Minutes Late: A Look Inside A Transit Agency’s Time Log (Baltimore Sun)
- Native Hawaiians Sue Honolulu Over Plan to Build Transit Line Over Ancient Burial Grounds (KPUA)
- A “Black Box” App For Bicycles (ETA)
- TOD Residents Revolt Against Planned Transit Line the Whole Community Was Designed Around (GOOD)
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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