Today’s Headlines
Climate Bill at a Crossroads; Dems to Decide Thursday Whether to Push Forward (Politico, The Hill) Good News: Damaged Gulf Well Appears Stable (Philadelphia Inquirer) Obama Encourages Greener Commutes for Feds (Washington Post) Q&A with T4America Director James Corless (Bike Portland) At the Awkward Intersection of Transit and Religion (Infrastructurist) Minneapolis Eyes Downtown Streetcar Revival … Continued
By
Adam Voiland
9:43 AM EDT on July 21, 2010
- Climate Bill at a Crossroads; Dems to Decide Thursday Whether to Push Forward (Politico, The Hill)
- Good News: Damaged Gulf Well Appears Stable (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Obama Encourages Greener Commutes for Feds (Washington Post)
- Q&A with T4America Director James Corless (Bike Portland)
- At the Awkward Intersection of Transit and Religion (Infrastructurist)
- Minneapolis Eyes Downtown Streetcar Revival (Minnesota Daily)
- Gov. Rendell Gets Flak Over Transportation Plan (Post-Gazette)
- “Baby” Vehicle Registration Fee Could Benefit Transit in San Francisco (Examiner)
- Does Air Pollution Up Suicide Risk? (Press TV)
- This Bears Repeating: Car Infrastructure Is Not the Product of the Free Market (Yglesias)
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