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Today’s Headlines

8:57 AM EST on January 13, 2011

    • Seniors, People of Color Say Livability Impacts Their Level of Physical Activity (Bike League)
    • New Study Analyzes Environmental Cost of Parking (IOP Science)
    • Nebraska Lawmaker Introduces Sales Tax Measure to Fund Highways (Land Line)
    • Court Won't Budge on EPA's Right to Issue GHG Permits, To Texas Gov's Dismay (Alt Transport)
    • Colo. Pol Who Killed a Pregnant Woman In Her Car Still Wants to Work on Transpo Issues (Chronicle)
    • Public Transpo Shortage Answers the Question of School Choice (UpNorthLive)
    • Some Orange County Pols Question Wisdom of Building New Transit Center (LAT)
    • "Deep Travel" On Your Daily Commute: Exploring the Passenger Experience (Transpo Nation)
    • Obama's Promise of an All-Electric White House Vehicle Fleet is Unfulfilled (Good)
    • A Car-Loving Urbanist's New Year's Resolution: Untangle Urbanism and Elitism (Minn Post)
    • NJ Gov. Christie's Popularity is Growing, But Still Along Strict Party Lines (The Hill)
    • The New Best Completely Unnecessary Bike Ornament to Spice Up Your Commute (TreeHugger)
Tanya Snyder
Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radio’s 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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