Today’s Headlines
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) Tries to Save the Transit Benefit (The Hill) Cincy Council Members Ask FTA for Guidance on Paying for Streetcar With Private Funds (WVXU) Oregon Studies Carbon Tax (News Times) Connecticut Business Leaders Beg for Highway Expansion (New Haven Register) You Too, Eh? Canadian Youth Also Flock to Urban Neighborhoods (Science Codex) … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:42 AM EST on December 17, 2013
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) Tries to Save the Transit Benefit (The Hill)
- Cincy Council Members Ask FTA for Guidance on Paying for Streetcar With Private Funds (WVXU)
- Oregon Studies Carbon Tax (News Times)
- Connecticut Business Leaders Beg for Highway Expansion (New Haven Register)
- You Too, Eh? Canadian Youth Also Flock to Urban Neighborhoods (Science Codex)
- A Huge Park — And a Huge Amount of Parking — Anchor New Minneapolis Development (NextCity)
- DC City Council Hears Cyclists’ Concerns (NBC)
- Yes, You Can Have a Baby and Stay Car-Free. But Can You Have Two? (Grist)
- New Bullet Train Service Cuts Paris-to-Barcelona Travel Time in Half (Travelers Today)
- A Mashup of the Right’s Loony Attacks on Bikes and Transit (Treehugger)
- Hilarious Video of the Man Who Lived on His Bike (Hands-Free!) (Transport Gooru)
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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