Today’s Headlines
FHWA Announces New Bridge Safety Criteria (Fast Lane) Is Amtrak the Right Entity to Build True HSR in the NEC? (National Journal) Bus Design Standards to Make Room for Fatter Passengers (Bloomberg) Japanese Automakers Resume Production Slowly (JOC) Big Agriculture Fixing For a Fight Over CA High-Speed Rail (KCET) Metro Weighs Options for Dulles Airport … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:14 AM EDT on March 22, 2011
- FHWA Announces New Bridge Safety Criteria (Fast Lane)
- Is Amtrak the Right Entity to Build True HSR in the NEC? (National Journal)
- Bus Design Standards to Make Room for Fatter Passengers (Bloomberg)
- Japanese Automakers Resume Production Slowly (JOC)
- Big Agriculture Fixing For a Fight Over CA High-Speed Rail (KCET)
- Metro Weighs Options for Dulles Airport Train Connection — What Would You Do? (GGW)
- Bike Advocates Pressure Illinois to Keep Data on “Dooring” Incidents (Tribune)
- An App to Help Drivers Break the Law With Impunity (Baltimore Sun)
- Finally, a Republican Governor Saying ‘Yes’ to Rail: Go Arizona! (KTAR)
- Nebraskans Whose Land Was Taken for Rail Use Is Suing Over Trail Conversion (Forbes)
- Opportunity: Grants Available for Bicycling Advocates (LAB)
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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