Today’s Headlines
Amtrak CEO Says GOP Privatization Plan Would Be the End of Amtrak (The Hill) Without More Federal Funds, DC Metro Chief Warns of Possible Safety Backslide (WaPo) OPEC Says Oil Prices Won’t Return to 2008 Highs (Land Line) Republican Senator Wants to Eliminate Tax Breaks For Energy Companies (WaPo) What’s an Energy Master Plan Without … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
9:02 AM EDT on June 16, 2011
- Amtrak CEO Says GOP Privatization Plan Would Be the End of Amtrak (The Hill)
- Without More Federal Funds, DC Metro Chief Warns of Possible Safety Backslide (WaPo)
- OPEC Says Oil Prices Won’t Return to 2008 Highs (Land Line)
- Republican Senator Wants to Eliminate Tax Breaks For Energy Companies (WaPo)
- What’s an Energy Master Plan Without Transportation? (NorthJersey.com)
- Cato on T4America Report on Stranded Seniors: So What? Seniors Don’t Take Transit.
- Gabe Klein Is Bringing DC-Style Pedestrian Advances to Chicago (Alt Transport)
- Amtrak Ridership Along Planned California HSR Route Hits Record Numbers (Transpo Nation)
- Montreal’s Bicycle Renaissance is Causing a New Problem: Bike Congestion (Montreal Gazette)
- Maximizing TOD Doesn’t Have to Mean 18-Story Buildings (GGW)
- The Negative Safety Consequences of Airline-Style Security (Infrastructurist)
- A Personal-Finance Argument for Commuting By Bike (Forbes)
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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