Today’s Headlines
Meet the Rural New Members of the House Transpo Committee (Reason) CA Extends High Speed Rail Line to Hit More Population Centers (WSJ) Mica “Willing to Consider” Bringing Back Build America Bonds in T-Bill (Reuters) Mortgage Tax Deduction Mostly Benefits the Wealthy, Boosts Construction of Big Houses (LAT) 2010 Census Will Add More Sunbelt Republicans … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:57 AM EST on December 21, 2010
- Meet the Rural New Members of the House Transpo Committee (Reason)
- CA Extends High Speed Rail Line to Hit More Population Centers (WSJ)
- Mica “Willing to Consider” Bringing Back Build America Bonds in T-Bill (Reuters)
- Mortgage Tax Deduction Mostly Benefits the Wealthy, Boosts Construction of Big Houses (LAT)
- 2010 Census Will Add More Sunbelt Republicans to Congress, Remove Rustbelt Dems (WSJ)
- Can Streetcars Save Our Cities? (CNN)
- Car-Sharing Gets Personal: RelayRides Connects Car Owners With Renters (Wired)
- If Cyclists and Straphangers Don’t Covet Cars, Does That Make Motorists Insecure? (Planetizen)
- Biking to School Makes Girls Smarter — But Not Boys (Treehugger)
- DC Debuts Real-Time, Multi-Modal Transit Displays (TBD)
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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