Today’s Headlines
What Will It Take to Get Americans Out of Their Cars? High Gas Prices (TreeHugger) Milwaukee-to-Madison Rail Plans May Be Dead But Milwaukee-to-Chicago Line Thrives (Journal Sentinel) Six Reasons to Stop Subsidizing Parking (Grist) The Chinatown Bus Helps Makes Intercity Buses the Fastest Growing Transit Option (TheCityFix) AASHTO Turns to Social Media Campaigns to Build … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
9:03 AM EST on January 20, 2011
- What Will It Take to Get Americans Out of Their Cars? High Gas Prices (TreeHugger)
- Milwaukee-to-Madison Rail Plans May Be Dead But Milwaukee-to-Chicago Line Thrives (Journal Sentinel)
- Six Reasons to Stop Subsidizing Parking (Grist)
- The Chinatown Bus Helps Makes Intercity Buses the Fastest Growing Transit Option (TheCityFix)
- AASHTO Turns to Social Media Campaigns to Build Support for Infrastructure (Journal of Commerce)
- Chrysler, EPA Introduce a New Hybrid, Hold the Battery (Alt Transport)
- US Creates New Oil Oversight Agencies to Replace Disgraced MMS (AFP)
- Tulsa Streetcar Revival Gets Back to the Future (KTUL)
- Florida Senator Leans On New Governor to Give Rail the Green Light (Ledger)
- Can Chicago Be as Bike-Friendly as Amsterdam? (Loyola Phoenix)
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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