Today’s Headlines
You Want High Speed? The Chinese Got High Speed… (Telegraph) …Can We Do That? (Video: Infrastructurist) Contested House Energy & Commerce Chairmanship Still Up for Grabs (The Hill) …Same With Leadership of the White House Climate Office (Politico) A Smart Growth Movement Founder Wants to Bring Equity Into the Conversation (Switchboard) National Journal Speculates on the … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:49 AM EST on December 7, 2010
- You Want High Speed? The Chinese Got High Speed… (Telegraph)
- …Can We Do That? (Video: Infrastructurist)
- Contested House Energy & Commerce Chairmanship Still Up for Grabs (The Hill)
- …Same With Leadership of the White House Climate Office (Politico)
- A Smart Growth Movement Founder Wants to Bring Equity Into the Conversation (Switchboard)
- National Journal Speculates on the Future of Earmarks (And the Projects They Used to Fund)
- Heat Maps Illustrate Neighborhood Walkability (Planetizen)
- Why Street Paint and Traffic Signals Don’t Make Complete Streets Safer (New Urban Network)
- Real-Time Transit Tracking Keeps Getting Better – Check This Out (Unofficial DC Transit Guide)
- London Mayor Wants to Ban Trucks, Ferry Cargo By Bike – Your City Can Too (Grist)
- Once Again, a Republican Spends Away Surplus a Democrat Saved – Now on VA Roads (Examiner)
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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