Today’s Headlines
Presidential “Maybe” Rick Perry Lobbies Against Federal Money For HSR, Amtrak (Texas Tribune) Scott Brown Slammed For Rejecting Gas Tax Hike Amid D.C. Paralysis on Reauthorization (Boston Herald) China Stops Train Car Production, Orders Trains to Slow Down (Business Insider) CA High-Speed Rail Goes to Court as Cost Projections Rise (BizJournals, Palo Alto Online) Four … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:34 AM EDT on August 11, 2011
- Presidential “Maybe” Rick Perry Lobbies Against Federal Money For HSR, Amtrak (Texas Tribune)
- Scott Brown Slammed For Rejecting Gas Tax Hike Amid D.C. Paralysis on Reauthorization (Boston Herald)
- China Stops Train Car Production, Orders Trains to Slow Down (Business Insider)
- CA High-Speed Rail Goes to Court as Cost Projections Rise (BizJournals, Palo Alto Online)
- Four Bike Groups Get $100,000 to Reach Out to Latinos, Triple Mode Share, and More (Bike League)
- Atlanta Pols Set to Make Major Decisions on Transportation Spending and Policy (AJC)
- Seattle Aims to Cut Car Use in Half (Good)
- Exurban CA Mayor Wants to “Wage War” Against the Only People Who Want to Move There (NYT)
- Turns Out New Yorkers Love Bike Lanes — Especially Latinos and Low-Income Folks (Streetsblog NYC)
- Slate Profiles NYCDOT Chief JSK and Her Bike Lane “Investment Strategy”
- If the Feds Can Telework on Snow Days, Why Not on Code Red Heat Days? (GGW)
- Late Night Bus Service Is a Social Justice Issue (Twin Cities Daily Planet)
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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