Today’s Headlines
SunRail Gets Federal Funding Amid Fanfare (Orlando Sentinel) Every Day Is Carmageddon in LA — But Transit Planning Could Help (LAT, Planetizen) PA Transportation Commission Recommends Raising User Fees (Philadelphia Inquirer) Amid Debt Ceiling Hysteria, Railroaders Lobby on Capitol Hill (Progressive Railroading) First-Ever Emissions Regulations For Shipping Have Too Many Loopholes (Treehugger) How to Win … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:47 AM EDT on July 19, 2011
- SunRail Gets Federal Funding Amid Fanfare (Orlando Sentinel)
- Every Day Is Carmageddon in LA — But Transit Planning Could Help (LAT, Planetizen)
- PA Transportation Commission Recommends Raising User Fees (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Amid Debt Ceiling Hysteria, Railroaders Lobby on Capitol Hill (Progressive Railroading)
- First-Ever Emissions Regulations For Shipping Have Too Many Loopholes (Treehugger)
- How to Win a TIGER Grant for Bike/Ped or a Sustainable Communities Grant (LAB, PolicyLink)
- As DC Loses Its “Chocolate City” Moniker, Gentrification Creates Tension (NYT)
- No, Not All People With Disabilities Can Ride Bikes. They Can’t All Drive Cars Either. (Grist)
- Bad Transpo Planning is Responsible For A.J. Nelson’s Death, Not His Car-Free Mom (T4America)
- Baltimore Survey Shows Zipcar Members Bike More, Walk More, Drive Less (PR Newswire)
- Seattle “MIMBYs” Want More Density, More Rail in Their Backyards (Planetizen, Seattle PI)
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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