Today’s Headlines
DC’s Silver Line Is Open for Business (WMATA, U.S. DOT, WJLA) So Is the Tucson Streetcar (AP, News Now) Matt Yglesias: DC’s Streetcar Will Actually Make Transit Worse (Vox) Utah Sen. Mike Lee Launched His Devolutionist Bid in Hopes of Headlines Like This (Herald Extra) Would You Pay 13 Cents an Hour for On-Street Bike Parking? … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:44 AM EDT on July 28, 2014
- DC’s Silver Line Is Open for Business (WMATA, U.S. DOT, WJLA)
- So Is the Tucson Streetcar (AP, News Now)
- Matt Yglesias: DC’s Streetcar Will Actually Make Transit Worse (Vox)
- Utah Sen. Mike Lee Launched His Devolutionist Bid in Hopes of Headlines Like This (Herald Extra)
- Would You Pay 13 Cents an Hour for On-Street Bike Parking? (Bike Portland)
- BART Gets $17.4M For Security (KVTU)
- Salon Examines the Benefits of Free Transit
- Why People’s Eyes Glaze When You Talk About “Infrastructure,” Even If You Say It’s “Crumbling” (E&E)
- A Summer Reading List for Transportation Geeks of All Ages (Book People)
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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