Today’s Headlines
Obama Signs Trust Fund Patch Into Law (Transport Topics) Will a Republican Senate Get to Write Transportation Bill in May? Looks Like It (WaPo) Transportation Reform Champion Sen. Brian Schatz Likely to Eke Out Nomination (WaPo) Road Lobby’s Warning Against Fuel Economy Standards: It Will Lower Gas Tax Receipts (The Hill) WaPo‘s Courtland Milloy Goes … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:52 AM EDT on August 12, 2014
- Obama Signs Trust Fund Patch Into Law (Transport Topics)
- Will a Republican Senate Get to Write Transportation Bill in May? Looks Like It (WaPo)
- Transportation Reform Champion Sen. Brian Schatz Likely to Eke Out Nomination (WaPo)
- Road Lobby’s Warning Against Fuel Economy Standards: It Will Lower Gas Tax Receipts (The Hill)
- WaPo‘s Courtland Milloy Goes on a Bike Ride (DCist, City Paper)
- DC Punts on 16th Street Bus Lane (WaPo, GGW)
- Chicago Buses Now Legally Allowed to Ride on Shoulder (AP, ENews)
- Utah Transit Authority Looking for Funds to Expand Service (Tribune)
- Opponents of California Climate Law Stoke Fears of High Gas Prices (E&E)
- Why Do Transit Projects Still Take Decades to Build? (CityLab)
- RIP Robin Williams: Actor, Comedian, Urban Bicyclist (Cyclelicio.us)
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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