Today’s Headlines
CT, MA Get $121 Million From the Feds for High Speed Rail Line (AP) Florida, Other States Also Closer to HSR Future — Barring GOP Victory (Transport Politic, CNBC) Neal Peirce Shares Some HSR Lessons From Shanghai (Citiwire) Auto Interests Whining They’re Not Getting Enough of the TIGER II Pie (Infrastructurist) DOT, EPA Propose First-Ever Emissions … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
7:18 AM EDT on October 26, 2010
- CT, MA Get $121 Million From the Feds for High Speed Rail Line (AP)
- Florida, Other States Also Closer to HSR Future — Barring GOP Victory (Transport Politic, CNBC)
- Neal Peirce Shares Some HSR Lessons From Shanghai (Citiwire)
- Auto Interests Whining They’re Not Getting Enough of the TIGER II Pie (Infrastructurist)
- DOT, EPA Propose First-Ever Emissions Standards for Trucks and Buses (FastLane)
- Boston Planners Are Flipping Minimum Parking Requirements on Their Head (Globe)
- Transpo Creates 14 Percent of GHGs, New Study Shows How Cities Can Monitor Their Own Emissions
- Luxury Automakers Get Into the Bike Biz (Infrastructurist)
- Seat Belts on School Buses Wouldn’t Make Kids Safer (WVTM)
- The Takeaway Wants to Know What Your Commute Looks Like
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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