Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Mayors: Fix America’s Infrastructure, Not Afghanistan’s Political Conflicts (NYT) WSJ Declares NYC Bikelash Over Saudi Women, Fighting For Right to Drive, Win Over Clinton, Go After Subaru (AP, Change.org) Top Dem on T&I Committee Gets Bill Passed to “Rein In” EPA (WOWK, T&I) Lawmakers Agree: Railways Will Never Be As Secure As Airports (The Hill) Senate Democrat … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:42 AM EDT on June 23, 2011

Mayors: Fix America’s Infrastructure, Not Afghanistan’s Political Conflicts (NYT)
WSJ Declares NYC Bikelash Over
Saudi Women, Fighting For Right to Drive, Win Over Clinton, Go After Subaru (AP, Change.org)
Top Dem on T&I Committee Gets Bill Passed to “Rein In” EPA (WOWK, T&I)
Lawmakers Agree: Railways Will Never Be As Secure As Airports (The Hill)
Senate Democrat Calling For $4 Trillion in Spending Cuts (WaPo)
High-Speed Rail is Controversial in China Too — But It’s Also Transformative (NYT)
Traffic Calming Is a European Frankenstein Experiment (But Necessary) (PhillyBurbs.com)
The Suburbs: One Giant Ponzi Scheme (Grist)
HopStop Goes Multi-Modal (Transportation Nation)

Tanya Snyder

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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