Today’s Headlines
Foxx and 11 Former Transpo Secretaries Send Open Letter to Congress (DOT) Video: In Press Club Speech, Foxx Pushes for Investment, Celebrates Biking to Work (Examiner, Roll Call) The Transpo Funding Patch Spells Bad News for Unemployment Benefits (Daily Kos) Atlanta Considers Covering Its Park-and-Rides with Housing (CityLab) Ann Arbor Gives Free Transit Passes to … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:55 AM EDT on July 22, 2014
- Foxx and 11 Former Transpo Secretaries Send Open Letter to Congress (DOT)
- Video: In Press Club Speech, Foxx Pushes for Investment, Celebrates Biking to Work (Examiner, Roll Call)
- The Transpo Funding Patch Spells Bad News for Unemployment Benefits (Daily Kos)
- Atlanta Considers Covering Its Park-and-Rides with Housing (CityLab)
- Ann Arbor Gives Free Transit Passes to Downtown Workers (Trans4M)
- Chicago NIMBYs Win Prize for Ridiculousness With “No More Traffic!” Cry Against Bikes (Chicagoist)
- Anonymous Silver Spring Activists Urge Better Public Space Near Metro (Just Up the Pike)
- Uber Reveals Data Supporting Claim That It Takes Drunk Drivers Off the Road (WaPo)
- Is It Better to Have a Few Fast Transit Lines Than Many Slow Ones? (Transport Politic)
- Photo Gallery: NEA Grants Spur Placemaking (Next City)
- Will a Driverless-Car Future Be More or Less Sprawling? (BusinessWeek)
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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