Today’s Headlines
It’s Really Over — NJ Gov. Christie Kills Nation’s Biggest Transit Project (NJ Star-Ledger) Consumer Spending on Transportation Fell More Dramatically than Other Spending in 2009 (NYT) Subsidized Sprawl Reversed in South Florida, Could Save the Everglades (NYT) Freight Rail, Republicans Standing in the Way of Recovery Act’s HSR Promise (Bloomberg) New Yorkers to Pay … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:50 AM EDT on October 8, 2010
- It’s Really Over — NJ Gov. Christie Kills Nation’s Biggest Transit Project (NJ Star-Ledger)
- Consumer Spending on Transportation Fell More Dramatically than Other Spending in 2009 (NYT)
- Subsidized Sprawl Reversed in South Florida, Could Save the Everglades (NYT)
- Freight Rail, Republicans Standing in the Way of Recovery Act’s HSR Promise (Bloomberg)
- New Yorkers to Pay More for Less Transit Service (NYT)
- Senate Bill Would Help Truckers Reduce Idling (Land Line)
- The Case Against the Gas Tax — and for a VMT Tax (Miller-McCune)
- Good Is Posting Pictures of Readers’ “Awesomely Sustainable Commutes” During Rideshare Week
- Will Lego’s New Transit System Lure Kids Away from Hot Wheels? (Grist)
- For a Lane as Eco as the Bikes That Ride It: Pave it with Plants (TreeHugger)
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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