Today’s Headlines
LaHood Bikes to Work, Acting on Suggestion By FHWA Official (FastLane, Vimeo) LA Transit Quest Sets the Tone for America Fast Forward Program (NYT) Is Obama Ignoring Climate Change? (New Yorker) VA AG Cuccinelli Hates Gays, Immigrants, the Environment and Now Dulles Rail Too (Patch) Can Bullet Trains Compete With Air Travel? They Will in … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:30 AM EDT on June 7, 2011
- LaHood Bikes to Work, Acting on Suggestion By FHWA Official (FastLane, Vimeo)
- LA Transit Quest Sets the Tone for America Fast Forward Program (NYT)
- Is Obama Ignoring Climate Change? (New Yorker)
- VA AG Cuccinelli Hates Gays, Immigrants, the Environment and Now Dulles Rail Too (Patch)
- Can Bullet Trains Compete With Air Travel? They Will in China (Bloomberg)
- Sen. Schumer Urges DOT to Crack Down on Unsafe Buses (Transpo Nation)
- Legalizing Private Jitneys Could Help Fill the Gaps in Transit Service (TNR)
- An Argument for Privatizing Transportation Infrastructure (Heritage)
- Illinois Studies High-Speed Rail Potential (CivSource)
- Rep. Moran: Demand for Livable Communities Comes From Bottom Up (WAMU)
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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