Today’s Headlines
Deficit Commission Recommends Higher Gas Tax and Limited Highway Spending (Transpo Nation) Even the Deficit Commission Can’t Agree on the Deficit Commission’s Proposals (Politico) Voinovich Working on a Way for Ohio Gov Kasich to Spend HSR Funds on Roads (Plain Dealer) Republicans Shutting Down House Committee on Climate and Energy (The Hill) DOT Celebrates Rosa … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
9:01 AM EST on December 2, 2010
- Deficit Commission Recommends Higher Gas Tax and Limited Highway Spending (Transpo Nation)
- Even the Deficit Commission Can’t Agree on the Deficit Commission’s Proposals (Politico)
- Voinovich Working on a Way for Ohio Gov Kasich to Spend HSR Funds on Roads (Plain Dealer)
- Republicans Shutting Down House Committee on Climate and Energy (The Hill)
- DOT Celebrates Rosa Parks Day, Affirms Commitment to Transpo Access for All (Fast Lane)
- Toronto’s New Mayor Declares “The War on the Car is Over”, Kills Light Rail (Transpo Nation)
- Bike League Advocates for Bike Facilities on Long Beach Bridge
- An Advocate’s Analysis of the Media’s Conflict-Heavy Coverage of Bikes (CityFix)
- Instead of Raising Low-Income Transit Pass Fares, Calgary Lowers Them (Calgary Herald)
- East Lansing Trying to Think Outside the Car, Plan Complete Streets (CityPulse)
- Portland’s Bikeability Puts Most of the US to Shame, Now It’s Taking On the World (Yes Magazine)
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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