Today’s Headlines
Milan’s Congestion Charge Undone By a Complaint From a Parking Garage (NYT) Famously Wronged Georgia Pedestrian, Raquel Nelson, Arrested — For Speeding (Patch) Lessons From Portland Transit Riders’ Organizing Campaign (Americans for Transit) Yes, Thanks to Elimination of TIFIA Criteria, Bridge-to-Nowhere May Really Get Financing (Fiscal Times) Google Collects Traffic Data From You When You … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:43 AM EDT on August 14, 2012
- Milan’s Congestion Charge Undone By a Complaint From a Parking Garage (NYT)
- Famously Wronged Georgia Pedestrian, Raquel Nelson, Arrested — For Speeding (Patch)
- Lessons From Portland Transit Riders’ Organizing Campaign (Americans for Transit)
- Yes, Thanks to Elimination of TIFIA Criteria, Bridge-to-Nowhere May Really Get Financing (Fiscal Times)
- Google Collects Traffic Data From You When You Check Google Traffic Data (Atlantic Cities)
- Historical Perspective Shows That Atlanta Transpo Vote Defeat Was No Victory For Tea Party (HNN)
- Vogue Mixes Haute Style and Bicycles (via TreeHugger)
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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