Today’s Headlines
House T&I Committee Provides Locations and Times for Rescheduled Field Hearings Senators Get Blackberry Apps Removed That Help Drunk Drivers Evade Police (Sen. Lautenberg) Rep. DeFazio Offers Bottle of Wine for a Word to Replace the Maligned “Livability” (Portland Mercury) Over 1,000 Private Firms Lining Up to Profit Off of HSR “Boondoggle” (Earth Techling) Poll: … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:13 AM EDT on March 24, 2011
- House T&I Committee Provides Locations and Times for Rescheduled Field Hearings
- Senators Get Blackberry Apps Removed That Help Drunk Drivers Evade Police (Sen. Lautenberg)
- Rep. DeFazio Offers Bottle of Wine for a Word to Replace the Maligned “Livability” (Portland Mercury)
- Over 1,000 Private Firms Lining Up to Profit Off of HSR “Boondoggle” (Earth Techling)
- Poll: 79 Percent Would Choose High-Speed Train Over Plane (Travel Daily News)
- Bay Area Starts $50 Million Loan Fund for Affordable TOD Housing (SJ Mercury)
- Minnesota State House Raids Transportation Fund (Patch)
- CNBC to Air “Sprawling From Grace: The Consequences of Suburbanization” Documentary
- Urbanize Public Buildings First (Seattle Transit Blog)
- By “War on Cars” Do You Mean “Market Rate Pricing”? (Grist)
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.
Read More:
Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.
More from Streetsblog USA
‘A Solution, But To What Problem?’ Experts Say AVs Are The Elephant In The Room, But There’s Still Time To Figure Out Their Role
Want to know more about autonomous vehicles? Read this vital excerpt from last week's "The Future of Transportation" seminar.
April 20, 2026
When Traffic Violence Hits The Same Family Twice — Years Apart, On Exactly the Same Street
The deaths of a Colorado married couple has some mourning an eerie coincidence — and others outraged at two predictable tragedies that could have been prevented.
April 20, 2026
Monday’s Headlines Should Wean Themselves Off Fossil Fuels
Even people who don't drive wind up paying when oil prices spike.
April 20, 2026
Waymo Means Way Mo’ Cars, According To Uber Docs
Caution ahead: Uber admits that self-driving taxis grow their taxi business, too.
April 17, 2026
Friday Video(s): Kidical Mass, Night-Biking in Tokyo, and More
There were great urbanism-adjacent YouTube videos for every taste this week; here are six of our favorites.
April 17, 2026
