Today’s Headlines
Oberstar, Villaraigosa, Rendell… Who Will Replace LaHood? (National Journal) NRDC Pleads With States to Use Air Quality Improvement Funds For Intended Use TSTC Pleads With NY Gov. Cuomo to Use Bike/Ped Funds For Intended Use (Streetsblog NYC) Romney Used to Think High Gas Prices and Fuel Efficiency Were a Good Idea (Gas 2) Why the Equity Argument … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:39 AM EDT on October 2, 2012
- Oberstar, Villaraigosa, Rendell… Who Will Replace LaHood? (National Journal)
- NRDC Pleads With States to Use Air Quality Improvement Funds For Intended Use
- TSTC Pleads With NY Gov. Cuomo to Use Bike/Ped Funds For Intended Use (Streetsblog NYC)
- Romney Used to Think High Gas Prices and Fuel Efficiency Were a Good Idea (Gas 2)
- Why the Equity Argument Against Congestion Pricing Doesn’t Work (Road Pricing)
- Feds Pony Up For Goal of New Haven, CT to Springfield, MA at 110 MPH (CBS)
- Denver Faces Culture Clash Over Bike-Share (Denver Post)
- If You Close a Highway and Nobody Cares, Is It Still Carmageddon? (Atlantic Cities, LA Streetsblog)
- Penny-Pinching Europeans Fall For Ride-Sharing (NYT)
- Bicycle Paths Need to Connect to Be Useful (Placemakers)
- APA President Mitchell Silver: Planners Are Too Focused on Land Use and Transportation (Urban Times)
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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