Today’s Headlines
Administration Will Investigate Whether NHTSA Is Too Close to Auto Industry (NYT, The Hill) Sen. Blumenthal’s Bill Would Shine Light on Overseer/Industry Ties (ABC) How the Rail Industry Funds Anti-CA HSR Rep. Jeff Denham’s Rise to Power (Modesto Bee) Charlotte Observer Takes a Look at How Former Mayor Foxx Is Doing at U.S. DOT WaPo‘s Dr. Gridlock on … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:44 AM EDT on October 27, 2014
- Administration Will Investigate Whether NHTSA Is Too Close to Auto Industry (NYT, The Hill)
- Sen. Blumenthal’s Bill Would Shine Light on Overseer/Industry Ties (ABC)
- How the Rail Industry Funds Anti-CA HSR Rep. Jeff Denham’s Rise to Power (Modesto Bee)
- Charlotte Observer Takes a Look at How Former Mayor Foxx Is Doing at U.S. DOT
- WaPo‘s Dr. Gridlock on the Lessons of Last Week’s Forum: Whatever the Future, Fix-It-First
- Illinois Gas Tax Crackdown Recoups $100M From Delinquent Stations (NBC5)
- DDOT Outlines First Steps in Pro-Bike/Walk/Transit MoveDC Plan (WaPo)
- Nevada Slams the Door on Uber (KOLO8)
- The Price of Winter Driving Includes Over-Salinated Watersheds (Press Republican)
- Coast-to-Coast Florida Bike Trail Project Has Powerful Supporters (Tampa Bay Times)
- Calgary-Area “Ranchettes” Risk Spreading Urban Sprawl All the Way to the Rockies (Troy)
- How’s This for a Transit Benefit: Nine Pounds of Gold for Dubai Straphangers (NYDN)
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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