Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

President Obama Signs Two-Week Budget Extension to Avert Government Shutdown (The Hill) L.A. to Get 1,680 Miles of Bike Lanes, Anti-Harassment Law (Contra Costa Times) Florida Gov. Scott Fights Back Against HSR Lawsuit (Orlando Sentinel) Local Milwaukee Officials Oppose Gov. Walker’s Transit Cuts (Business Journal) Thanks to the World’s Oil Addiction, Gaddafi Doesn’t Have to … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:45 AM EST on March 3, 2011

President Obama Signs Two-Week Budget Extension to Avert Government Shutdown (The Hill)
L.A. to Get 1,680 Miles of Bike Lanes, Anti-Harassment Law (Contra Costa Times)
Florida Gov. Scott Fights Back Against HSR Lawsuit (Orlando Sentinel)
Local Milwaukee Officials Oppose Gov. Walker’s Transit Cuts (Business Journal)
Thanks to the World’s Oil Addiction, Gaddafi Doesn’t Have to Negotiate With Anyone (Treehugger)
Americans Drove 3 Trillion Miles Last Year, Economists Say That’s Great News (WSJ)
Freight Transportation Also Increasing (Transport Topics)
First-Ever Bicycle Count in Chicago Shows Mode Share As High As 22% in Places (City of Chicago)
Not All Bus Riders Are Minorities, So Bay Area Court Rejects Transpo Equity Lawsuit (SF Chronicle)
LaHood Affirms Support for Tolling in Remarks to AASHTO (Dallas Morning News)
Got a Question for LaHood? “Let It Fly” (Fast Lane)

Tanya Snyder

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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