Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Congress’s “Solution” on FAA Is No Solution At All (The Hill) Are Subsidies to Rural Air Service Really “Essential”? (LAT) Despite Congressional Budget Battles, Salt Lake City Transit Moves Forward (Deseret News) Villaraigosa Op-ed: Anchor of Our 21st Century Transpo Agenda is America Fast Forward (Daily News) Commuter Train Plan Runs Into Unexpected Controversy in … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

9:31 AM EDT on August 8, 2011

Congress’s “Solution” on FAA Is No Solution At All (The Hill)
Are Subsidies to Rural Air Service Really “Essential”? (LAT)
Despite Congressional Budget Battles, Salt Lake City Transit Moves Forward (Deseret News)
Villaraigosa Op-ed: Anchor of Our 21st Century Transpo Agenda is America Fast Forward (Daily News)
Commuter Train Plan Runs Into Unexpected Controversy in Connecticut (Hartford Courant)
Detroit Suburbs Want Light Rail Extension (Free Press)
In Op-Ed, Mica Clarifies Position on Tolling Existing Lanes (Orlando Sentinel)
Stadium Subsidies Don’t Catalyze Downtown Growth (NPR)

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.

Today's Headlines

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