Today's Headlines

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 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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