Today’s Headlines

8:33 AM EDT on September 2, 2011

Obama May Include Infrastructure Bank in Jobs Plan (AP)
AP: Political Games Really Could Shut Down the Transportation Program
GOP Leaders Take Jabs At Obama Even When They Agree With Him on Transpo Extension (JOC)
Why Congress Must Pass a Clean Extension of the Transportation Bill (TNR)
Sam Schwartz: Renewing the Federal Gas Tax Is Essential (NYDN)
Sprawl and Painfully Bad Infrastructure Made This Natural Disaster a Disaster (WNYC, PRI)
Crenshaw/LAX Line Gets Green Light From Feds (HuffPo)
Survey: Young People Aren't Driving As Much (Sightline)
With 30 MPH Roads Designed Like Highways, How Should Drivers Know to Slow Down? (Strong Towns)
Placemakers, Meet the Strip Mall (GGW)
Want to Earn Thousands For Charity, Just By Biking to Work? Work For Google.
Germany Switching Rail System to 100% Renewable Energy (AHN)

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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