Skip to Content
Streetsblog USA home
Streetsblog USA home
Log In
Streetsblog

Today’s Headlines

7:47 AM EDT on July 2, 2009

    • You saw it first on S-blog Capitol Hill -- but here's more coverage of the Obama administration's pitch for an 18-month extension of the current transportation law (Reuters, JoC)
    • University of Iowa begins field-testing the future of a VMT tax (Kansas City Star)
    • Oberstar's home-state paper editorializes on his battle with the administration over transpo funding (Star Tribune)
    • LaHood says "cash for clunkers" program drawing "huge interest" (Bloomberg)
    • A central piece of circuit was replaced on the D.C. Metro days before malfunctioning in last week's crash (WaPo)

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog USA

Why We Care About Some Transportation Tragedies More Than Others

Why do we respond to major transportation disasters with so much urgency — and why don't we count our collective car crash epidemic among them?

March 28, 2024

Take Thursday’s Headlines Home, Country Roads

Heat Map reports on why rural Americans are resisting electric vehicles, and why it might not matter much for the climate.

March 28, 2024

Wednesday’s Headlines Missed Connection

The Biden administration is spending billions to reconnect neighborhoods torn apart by urban freeways. But the projects seem to simply paper over the problem, Governing reports.

March 27, 2024

Mega-Cars Violate Brooklyn Bridge Weight Ban with Impunity

The city does virtually nothing to stop the onslaught of excessively heavy vehicles on our roads and bridges.

March 27, 2024

Survey Says: American Walking Data Is Getting Worse

The National Household Travel Survey has never given a full picture of how often Americans get around on foot. But a recent change in methodology may have made made matters worse.

March 27, 2024
See all posts