Today’s Headlines
In the GOP’s Words: “Highway Funding Will Now Be Treated as Other General Spending” (The Hill) Democrats, Including Transpo Committee’s Rahall, Condemn the New Rule (The Hill, T&I) Density Shouldn’t Be a Prerequisite for Good Transit (The Age) New Seattle Law Grants Rights and Responsibilities to Drivers and Cyclists Alike (Post Intelligencer) If Public Transportation … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:54 AM EST on January 6, 2011
- In the GOP’s Words: “Highway Funding Will Now Be Treated as Other General Spending” (The Hill)
- Democrats, Including Transpo Committee’s Rahall, Condemn the New Rule (The Hill, T&I)
- Density Shouldn’t Be a Prerequisite for Good Transit (The Age)
- New Seattle Law Grants Rights and Responsibilities to Drivers and Cyclists Alike (Post Intelligencer)
- If Public Transportation Works in Montana and Wyoming It’ll Work Anywhere (Billings Gazette)
- Here’s Hoping the Seven Newly Funded Transit Projects Are Just the Beginning (Infrastructurist)
- Smart Growth Policies Having Little Effect in Maryland, 13 Years After Passage (Balt. Sun)
- Shift Away From Congestion Pricing Has London Enviros Worried About Air Quality (EnviroTech)
- China’s Massive Infrastructure Investment Will Pay For 8,000+ Miles of High Speed Rail (MarketWatch)
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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