Today’s Headlines
Under the Hood of Rep. DeFazio’s Transportation Funding Proposal (T4America) Cap-and-Trade Money Gives Big Boost to California High-Speed Rail (AP) U.S. DOT Wants to Regulate Map Apps (NYT) President Obama Rips Into Climate Deniers (WaPo) With New Agreement, Seattle Ends Its War Against Ride-Sharing Companies (Slog, Sightline) Bertha Back to Work Tunneling Under Seattle By … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:54 AM EDT on June 17, 2014
- Under the Hood of Rep. DeFazio’s Transportation Funding Proposal (T4America)
- Cap-and-Trade Money Gives Big Boost to California High-Speed Rail (AP)
- U.S. DOT Wants to Regulate Map Apps (NYT)
- President Obama Rips Into Climate Deniers (WaPo)
- With New Agreement, Seattle Ends Its War Against Ride-Sharing Companies (Slog, Sightline)
- Bertha Back to Work Tunneling Under Seattle By March? (KOMO News)
- This Terrifying School Bus, Crushed Under Bridge Debris, Is Coming to Your State (PR Newswire)
- Bread and Roses: Build Protected Bike Lanes and Make Them Beautiful (GGW)
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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