Today’s Headlines
Report Recommends BRT For NYC As Hedge Against Future Storms (Transpo Nation) LA Targets Infrastructure Repair With New Property Tax Measure (LAT) How DC Came to Be the Undisputed King of U.S. Bike-Sharing (Slate) DC Wants It All: Transit, Bikes, Traffic Management and Road Widening (WaPo) More Noise Pollution, Please: How to Save Pedestrians From … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:48 AM EST on January 8, 2013
- Report Recommends BRT For NYC As Hedge Against Future Storms (Transpo Nation)
- LA Targets Infrastructure Repair With New Property Tax Measure (LAT)
- How DC Came to Be the Undisputed King of U.S. Bike-Sharing (Slate)
- DC Wants It All: Transit, Bikes, Traffic Management and Road Widening (WaPo)
- More Noise Pollution, Please: How to Save Pedestrians From Hybrid Cars (The Hill)
- Got 240 Hours? Experience the Lives of Transit Workers Around the World (Co.Exist)
- Want People to Love Walking? Build Sidewalks Like These (FlavorWire via Good)
- Montana (!!) Gets Serious About Sustainable Transportation (Montana State Univ.)
- Some Pretty Obvious Strategies For Luring Drivers Onto Transit (Atlantic Cities)
- “User Pays”: A Simple Slogan For Getting Past Opposition to a Gas Tax Hike (Post and Courier)
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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