Today’s Headlines
U.S. DOT Announces $3.6B for Transit Resiliency on East Coast (AP) Dem Lawmakers Kick Off Rail~Volution With Plea For More Money (Finance & Commerce) U.S. DOT Sued Over Failure to Produce Truck Driver Training Rule (Go By Truck) Distracted Walking Causing Rise in Ped Fatalities? Nobody Knows But WaPo Says Yes Ann Arbor Transit Expands Hours, Increases … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:47 AM EDT on September 23, 2014
- U.S. DOT Announces $3.6B for Transit Resiliency on East Coast (AP)
- Dem Lawmakers Kick Off Rail~Volution With Plea For More Money (Finance & Commerce)
- U.S. DOT Sued Over Failure to Produce Truck Driver Training Rule (Go By Truck)
- Distracted Walking Causing Rise in Ped Fatalities? Nobody Knows But WaPo Says Yes
- Ann Arbor Transit Expands Hours, Increases Ridership (WEMU)
- Indiana Toll Road Operator Goes Belly Up (Planetizen)
- DC Mayoral Frontrunner Calls For Vision Zero… But GGW Commenters Don’t Buy It
- Virginia Probably Won’t Get to Build Its New Toll Road Along Route 460 (Register Guard)
- A Bike-Share Model For Cities Where Traditional Bike-Share Doesn’t Work (Next City)
- City Clock Ranks America’s Most Car-Independent Neighborhoods
- A City’s Footprint Is Intimately Linked to Its Carbon Footprint (WaPo)
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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