Today’s Headlines
Five Wishes For the Final Transportation Bill, From Transportation for America Why the Coal Ash Amendment to the Transportation Bill Matters: A Personal Tale (Hill) Heavy Reliance on Local Funding Makes For Inequitable Transit Systems (WaPo) The Cost of an Hour of Bike-Share in Ten Cities (Transpo Nation) Detroiters File Civil Rights Suit Over Transit Cuts … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:41 AM EDT on May 10, 2012
- Five Wishes For the Final Transportation Bill, From Transportation for America
- Why the Coal Ash Amendment to the Transportation Bill Matters: A Personal Tale (Hill)
- Heavy Reliance on Local Funding Makes For Inequitable Transit Systems (WaPo)
- The Cost of an Hour of Bike-Share in Ten Cities (Transpo Nation)
- Detroiters File Civil Rights Suit Over Transit Cuts (HuffPo)
- On First-Ever Bike-to-School Day, USA Today Says Obesity Epidemic Worsening (NRDC Blames Cars)
- D.C. Metro Says Greater Greater Washington Isn’t Real News Media
- Long Commutes Make You Fat and Unhealthy (Am. Journal of Preventive Medicine, h/t Atlantic Cities)
- …Handy Infographic Shows Even More Ways Cars Ruin Your Life Until You Die (Transport Gooru)
- Congress for the New Urbanism Kicks Off 20th Conference (Next American City)
- Why Aren’t There More Theme Songs For Bike Routes? (Cyclelicio.us)
- Does This Mean Obama Will Be Re-elected? (Phila. Inquirer)
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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