Today’s Headlines
States Rush in to Fill the Federal Funding Gap (Governing) If Only Our Infrastructure Budget Were as Generous as Afghanistan’s (WaPo) LaHood: We Need a Long-Term Transpo Bill, We Get This “Dumb” Sequester (CCJ) Another Legal Victory for California High-Speed Rail (Mercury) Miami-Dade Mayor Makes Plea for Transit (Herald) Washingtonians the Only Americans Who Can … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:49 AM EST on March 1, 2013
- States Rush in to Fill the Federal Funding Gap (Governing)
- If Only Our Infrastructure Budget Were as Generous as Afghanistan’s (WaPo)
- LaHood: We Need a Long-Term Transpo Bill, We Get This “Dumb” Sequester (CCJ)
- Another Legal Victory for California High-Speed Rail (Mercury)
- Miami-Dade Mayor Makes Plea for Transit (Herald)
- Washingtonians the Only Americans Who Can Afford a New Car (But Who Needs It?) (CNBC)
- Young People Will Grow Up and Leave the City, But Demand More From the Suburbs (TSTC)
- Millennials Want to Drive Less, Use Transit and Technology More (Zipcar via Atlantic Cities)
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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