Today’s Headlines

8:41 AM EST on February 8, 2011

Findings of Government Study on Toyota Safety Issues Could Be Released Today (CNNMoney)
Pentagon Should Pay For Traffic Headaches Caused by Base Realignment (AirForceTimes, WaPo)
Goodbye, ARC Tunnel -- Hello, Gateway Between NJ and NY (TheTransportPolitic)
The Winter of Transit's Discontent: Snow Puts Further Strain on Scarce Resources (Times Herald-Record)
The Choice You Don't Want to Have to Make: Get Transpo Bill Done, Or Get It Right? (National Journal)
New Study Says Obesity Is Linked to Education Status, Not Sprawl (Newswise)
The Next Great Transpo Financing Mechanism: T-Shirt Sales (MyFoxBoston)
Virginia's Democratic Senate Green-Lights Governor's Transpo Plan (WaPo)
Bike-Sharing Isn't Rocket Science -- But It Is A Mathematical Engineering Problem (Cyclelicio.us)
ATU Keeps Heat on Chicago Mayoral Candidates, Trying to Avoid Cutbacks (In These Times)
After Losing at the Polls, a New Light Rail Proposal for Tampa (Tampa Bay Biz Journal)

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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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