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Proposed change to unionization rules that would make it easier for rail and airline workers to unionize is drawing fire (WSJ) Development debate now raging in Tysons Corner, Virginia, offers an opening to try out the “value capture” method of transportation funding (TNR’s Avenue) Streetcar construction is on the ballot in Idaho this Election Day; … Continued

By Elana Schor

7:49 AM EST on November 3, 2009

Proposed change to unionization rules that would make it easier for rail and airline workers to unionize is drawing fire (WSJ)
Development debate now raging in Tysons Corner, Virginia, offers an opening to try out the “value capture” method of transportation funding (TNR’s Avenue)
Streetcar construction is on the ballot in Idaho this Election Day; and the trolley revival is going national (AP)
One anonymous high-speed rail advocate sounds off: If the $50 billion investment envisioned by the House transportation bill doesn’t get through, momentum could be lost for good (Courant)
Did the Washington Post bury the lede on its big climate change story? (Climate Progress)
Environmental Protection Agency fines San Francisco’s transit authority $250,000 for its role in diesel spill (AP)
Portland hospital chain weighs in on the city’s 25-year transportation plan (Oregonian)
Harvard’s newest sociology class will focus on urban inequality, using TV’s “The Wire” as a way in (NY Post)

Elana Schor

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