Today’s Headlines
Christie Likely to Kill ARC Transit Tunnel, Barring Miracle Save By Lautenberg (Transpo Nation 1, 2) LaHood Wants a Six-Year Bill To Start Moving This Year, But Leaves the Timing to Congress (The Hill) Winners and Losers in the USDOT’s $776 Million Maintenance Grants (Transpo Nation) Some California Residents Sue Over Proposed Rail Route (SF … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:54 AM EDT on October 6, 2010
- Christie Likely to Kill ARC Transit Tunnel, Barring Miracle Save By Lautenberg (Transpo Nation 1, 2)
- LaHood Wants a Six-Year Bill To Start Moving This Year, But Leaves the Timing to Congress (The Hill)
- Winners and Losers in the USDOT’s $776 Million Maintenance Grants (Transpo Nation)
- Some California Residents Sue Over Proposed Rail Route (SF Business Times)
- LaHood Names Names on High Speed Rail Dissenters (AltTransport)
- Female Crash Test Dummies and Tougher Auto Safety Ratings Announced (VOA, WCSH-TV)
- Car-Sharing Eases Congestion, Parking Problems on College Campuses (AP)
- Urban Designer Puts a Positive Spin on Suburbs, Slams the Mall (PBS)
- ‘Build A Better Burb’ Winner ‘Upcycles’ Long Island Suburbs (Inhabitat)
- Mineta Report Studies Public-Private Partnerships in Australia (Kansas City Star)
- Canada Looks to Smart Growth as an Economic Strategy (Vancouver Sun)
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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