Today’s Headlines
DeFazio Expects Next Transpo Bill to Be $260 Billion (Columbian) Portland’s Message to T&I Committee: Transit, Transit, Transit (Oregonian) Florida Gov. Dismisses Last Ditch Efforts to Save High-Speed Rail (Miami Herald) Democrats and Republicans Spar Over Who Gets to Take Credit for Cleveland’s Renaissance (LAT) Investigating the Charge that Wisconsin Buses “Ride Around Empty” as … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:54 AM EST on February 22, 2011
- DeFazio Expects Next Transpo Bill to Be $260 Billion (Columbian)
- Portland’s Message to T&I Committee: Transit, Transit, Transit (Oregonian)
- Florida Gov. Dismisses Last Ditch Efforts to Save High-Speed Rail (Miami Herald)
- Democrats and Republicans Spar Over Who Gets to Take Credit for Cleveland’s Renaissance (LAT)
- Investigating the Charge that Wisconsin Buses “Ride Around Empty” as Gov Cuts Funding (WEAU)
- Milwaukee Mayor (and Gov Hopeful) Barrett Stands By High-Speed Rail That Walker Killed (BizJournal)
- Crash Tax or Cost Recovery? Making Sure Drivers Pay Their Own Way (Marketplace)
- Anti-Sprawl Zoning Codes Keep Housing Developers Away From New Maryland Highway (Examiner)
- California HSR Board Gets Challenge from State Democrats (SF Business Times)
- A How-To Guide For Planners on Community Consultation (Next American City)
- Sure, Iowa Needs Roads — But “The Future Is In Rail” (Public News Service)
- House Reintroduces Bill to Increase Allowed Trucking Weights (TruckingInfo)
- Twin Cities Businesses Revolt Against Light Rail Plan to Cut 1,000 Parking Spaces (Minnesota Daily)
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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