Today’s Headlines
Senate to Begin Action on Two-Year Transportation Bill (National League of Cities) Study: Commuting Is Bad for Your Health, Unless You Bike or Walk (DailyMail) Agreement on Seattle Regional Rail as Progressive as Project Itself (Transport Politic) Stakes High for California HSR; $9 Billion Now on the Line (MercuryNews) Union Pacific Voices Major Objections to … Continued
8:53 AM EDT on October 31, 2011
- Senate to Begin Action on Two-Year Transportation Bill (National League of Cities)
- Study: Commuting Is Bad for Your Health, Unless You Bike or Walk (DailyMail)
- Agreement on Seattle Regional Rail as Progressive as Project Itself (Transport Politic)
- Stakes High for California HSR; $9 Billion Now on the Line (MercuryNews)
- Union Pacific Voices Major Objections to California Bullet Train (LATimes)
- Florida, Rep. Mica Want More HOT Lanes (Transportation Nation)
- Mississippi Regional Multi-Purpose Trail Network Gets Boost (Clarion Ledger)
- How Minneapolis Disincentivizes Living Close to Downtown (ThinkProgress)
- New Orleans Journalist Forced to Bike to Work Finds It “a Better Idea Than It Sounds” (MyNewOrleans)
- Draft Law Against Sidewalk Riding in Cyprus Sparks Debate on Bike-Friendliness (TreeHugger)
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