Today’s Headlines
Not Much Enthusiasm For a Second Stimulus Centered Around Infrastructure (Transpo Issues Daily) Already Hungry For More Political Brinksmanship? Gas Tax Fight Spoons It Out (Forbes, Star-Telegram) Here’s Why Turn Gas-Tax Authority Solely Over to the States Won’t Work (WALB) Rail Fares Rising Four Times Faster Than Wages in the UK, Could Hurt Gov’t (Guardian, … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
9:54 AM EDT on August 15, 2011
- Not Much Enthusiasm For a Second Stimulus Centered Around Infrastructure (Transpo Issues Daily)
- Already Hungry For More Political Brinksmanship? Gas Tax Fight Spoons It Out (Forbes, Star-Telegram)
- Here’s Why Turn Gas-Tax Authority Solely Over to the States Won’t Work (WALB)
- Rail Fares Rising Four Times Faster Than Wages in the UK, Could Hurt Gov’t (Guardian, Independent)
- To Discourage Sprawl, Levy Property Taxes on Land, Not Buildings (Truthout)
- Detroit Transit Can’t Move Forward Without a Regional Transit Authority (Freep, Freep)
- Chicago Drafts First-Ever Pedestrian Plan, Aims to End Fatalities in 10 Years (Architect’s Newspaper)
- FL Gov. Scott on Road-Building Frenzy (Orlando Sentinel)
- Broke SCDOT Turns to Feds For Help (The Sun News)
- Pittsburgh BRT Gets $1 Million Boost (Tribune-Review)
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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