Today’s Headlines
IRS Raises Mileage Deduction to Ease Pain of High Gas Prices (WaPo) USDOT Announced $1.58 Billion For 27 Transit Projects “No Silly Car Journeys” Would Have Been a Better Title For the NYT Story About European Streets Section 8 Residents Spell Salvation for Foreclosed Exurban Communities (WaPo) New House Bill Would Fund Climate-Focused Transportation Research … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:42 AM EDT on June 28, 2011
- IRS Raises Mileage Deduction to Ease Pain of High Gas Prices (WaPo)
- USDOT Announced $1.58 Billion For 27 Transit Projects
- “No Silly Car Journeys” Would Have Been a Better Title For the NYT Story About European Streets
- Section 8 Residents Spell Salvation for Foreclosed Exurban Communities (WaPo)
- New House Bill Would Fund Climate-Focused Transportation Research (BikePortland)
- California Can Move Forward With Cap-and-Trade Plan, Court Says (Fresno Bee)
- Sex Boycotts Aside, It’s More Efficient for Feds to Fund Infrastructure Than Municipalities (Yglesias)
- States Push For More Tolling Authority (LandLine)
- Self-Driving Cars Could Result in Less Highway Building, Better Safety (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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