Today’s Headlines
There’s a Lot at Stake for High Speed Rail in Today’s Elections (Infrastructurist) Transit Races to Watch Across the Country (Transpo Nation) High Speed Rail Needs to be More than Just Roadkill for Republicans (Boston Globe) Tragedy Doesn’t Prove That the FTA Should Regulate Transit (GGW) Hospitals Get Behind Active Transportation (Bike Portland) Why Having … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:56 AM EDT on November 2, 2010
- There’s a Lot at Stake for High Speed Rail in Today’s Elections (Infrastructurist)
- Transit Races to Watch Across the Country (Transpo Nation)
- High Speed Rail Needs to be More than Just Roadkill for Republicans (Boston Globe)
- Tragedy Doesn’t Prove That the FTA Should Regulate Transit (GGW)
- Hospitals Get Behind Active Transportation (Bike Portland)
- Why Having Kids Doesn’t Mean You Need to Buy a Car (Grist)
- Can China Grow Smartly and Sustainably, Or Are Pollution and Sprawl Inevitable? (Reuters)
- Washington Supreme Court Ruling on Water Speculation Will Cause Sprawl (Common Dreams)
- Seattle Transit System Braces, Strategizes for Another Snowy Winter (Seattle Times)
- Bay Area Bus Budget Gets Slashed (SJ Mercury)
- Will Mayor Daley’s Pro-Bike Legacy Outlive His Term? (Chicago Sun-Times)
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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