Today’s Headlines
Just a Reminder To Give the President Some Slack When It Comes to Progress on Infrastructure (WaPo) IBIS World Ranked Each Candidate By Risk Level To Various Transpo Modes [PDF] Assaults Increase Against Transit Operators (KC Star) As Car-Obsessed Baby Boomers Diminish Their Driving, VMT Will Drop (AP) Oregon to Test VMT Charge (Bulletin) If … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:41 AM EST on November 12, 2012
- Just a Reminder To Give the President Some Slack When It Comes to Progress on Infrastructure (WaPo)
- IBIS World Ranked Each Candidate By Risk Level To Various Transpo Modes [PDF]
- Assaults Increase Against Transit Operators (KC Star)
- As Car-Obsessed Baby Boomers Diminish Their Driving, VMT Will Drop (AP)
- Oregon to Test VMT Charge (Bulletin)
- If Walker Succeeds in Raising Wisconsin’s Gas Tax, WhatWill He Spend It On? (Journal-Sentinel)
- Pierce Transit Vote Still Too Close to Call — But It’s Not Looking Good (News Tribune)
- Atlanta Mayor Wants High-Speed Rail (AJC)
- Is Rapid Transit Too Rapid to Allow Development to Flourish? (Planetizen)
- Click Here to Reduce Mileage (Clean Technica)
- Anyone Who Tells You Bicycles Should Ride Against Traffic Is Way Behind the Times (American Press)
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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