Live Webcast: Environment & Public Works Committee Hearing
Watching Ray LaHood's testimony to the Senate EPW committee, Elana Schor tweets that the fat lady is singing for the House of Representatives' effort to get the transportation reauthorization done quickly. And there are lots of other fireworks as well.
11:17 AM EDT on June 25, 2009
Watching Ray LaHood’s testimony to the Senate EPW committee, Elana Schor tweets that the fat lady is singing for the House of Representatives’ effort to get the transportation reauthorization done quickly. And there are lots of other fireworks as well.
You can follow all of the action live on the committee’s web site, right now, 11:15 am EST.
Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.
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