Today’s Headlines
Three Great Pieces of Legislation Next Week’s Bike Summit Will Push to Pass (Bike League) DC Silver Line Opening Delayed a Third Time; Long-Delayed Streetcar Could Open First (City Paper) Connected Car Technology Could Set the Stage for VMT Fee (The Hill) Here’s How You Win an Argument Over Bike Lanes (Bike Portland) Poor Transit … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:48 AM EST on February 25, 2014
- Three Great Pieces of Legislation Next Week’s Bike Summit Will Push to Pass (Bike League)
- DC Silver Line Opening Delayed a Third Time; Long-Delayed Streetcar Could Open First (City Paper)
- Connected Car Technology Could Set the Stage for VMT Fee (The Hill)
- Here’s How You Win an Argument Over Bike Lanes (Bike Portland)
- Poor Transit Could Cancel Out Obamacare’s Gains in Children’s Health Coverage (Modern Healthcare)
- Five Takeaways From This Week’s World Urban Forum (Next City)
- Illiana Tollway a Hard Sell to Residents Concerned About Local Street Disruptions (Chicago Tribune)
- Public Transportation Helps Integrate Racially Separated Capetown (Good)
- 2013 Was a Tough Year for the Bike Industry (Bicycle Retailer)
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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