Today’s Headlines
NHTSA Endorses, Takes Steps to Regulate Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications Technology As Construction Begins, CA HSR Chair Says Everything Is Hunky-Dory (Mercury, Cap News Radio) “A Major Leap in Public Transit”: Dallas Light Rail Extends to Airport (CBS) Brookings Examines the Lessons Learned from the Failure of Missouri’s Amendment 7 Transit Funding Ballot Initiative Ignites Austin Battle Over Rail (KVUE) … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:46 AM EDT on August 19, 2014
- NHTSA Endorses, Takes Steps to Regulate Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications Technology
- As Construction Begins, CA HSR Chair Says Everything Is Hunky-Dory (Mercury, Cap News Radio)
- “A Major Leap in Public Transit”: Dallas Light Rail Extends to Airport (CBS)
- Brookings Examines the Lessons Learned from the Failure of Missouri’s Amendment 7
- Transit Funding Ballot Initiative Ignites Austin Battle Over Rail (KVUE)
- Rick Scott Runs for Reelection in Florida Promising $230M in Bike Projects (News4)
- A Call for Drivers Ed to Include Bike Safety (Coloradoan)
- Why Peak-Hour Bus Lanes Aren’t Enough (Seattle Transit Blog)
- BlaBlaCar: The French Contribution to True Ridesharing (Bloomberg)
- What Good Is a Transit Station Without a Public Bathroom? (Crikey)
- Wrong Again, Joel Kotkin (Grist)
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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