Today’s Headlines
Streetsblog Capitol Hill will be on a light publishing schedule today.
By
Tanya Snyder
8:42 AM EDT on October 21, 2011
- Three (All Right, Two and a Half) Infrastructure Solutions That Already Have Bipartisan Support (WaPo)
- Will Romney Pay at Election Time For Wanting to “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt”? (The Hill)
- Is Walmart Part of Rockville Pike’s Urban Revitalization Plan? (GGW)
- Free Parking Addicts, Meet Your Methadone (Atlantic Cities)
- Haunted Houses Are No Scarier Than These Real-Life Transpo Terrors (Infrastructurist)
- The Real Costs of Our Transportation Infrastructure (Smart Planet)
- Stadium Location in the Heart of the Gritty City Brought Detroit Lions’ Victory (Yahoo! Sports, Model D)
- Private Financing For California HSR Might Be Harder to Come By Than Expected (Transport Politic)
- Maryland Officials Support Gas Tax Hike to Address Infra Backlog and Create Jobs (CityBizList)
Streetsblog Capitol Hill will be on a light publishing schedule today.
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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