Today’s Headlines
Senate Refuses to Pass Oil-Related Bills from the Dems and the GOP (MoJo, The Hill) If Six Lawmakers Can’t Agree On a Debt-Reduction Plan, How Will 535? (WaPo, WaPo) Terry Bellamy Fills Gabe Klein’s Big Shoes at DDOT (WJLA, Housing Complex) More on D.C.’s Meteoric Rise to Bike-Friendly Stardom (Smart Planet) With High Gas Prices, … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:29 AM EDT on May 19, 2011
- Senate Refuses to Pass Oil-Related Bills from the Dems and the GOP (MoJo, The Hill)
- If Six Lawmakers Can’t Agree On a Debt-Reduction Plan, How Will 535? (WaPo, WaPo)
- Terry Bellamy Fills Gabe Klein’s Big Shoes at DDOT (WJLA, Housing Complex)
- More on D.C.’s Meteoric Rise to Bike-Friendly Stardom (Smart Planet)
- With High Gas Prices, Consumers Are Changing Their Habits… Just a Little (Time)
- Ottawa Gets Modest Bixi System (PR Newswire)
- WaPo Editorial: “California High-Speed Train Project Is Going Off the Rails”
- Using Competitions to Encourage More Environmentally Sound Behavior (Grist)
- Dallas Brings a Dead Plaza to Life — For a Day (Switchboard)
- User Fees For Roads “Unfairly Target” Those Who Drive a Lot (Baltimore Sun)
- Which Cities Are “Nice to Visit But…” And Which Cities Do We Really Want to Live In? (FT)
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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