Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

House Appropriators Prepare to Vote on Smaller Transpo Allocation Than Obama Wanted (The Hill) Back-to-Congress Primer on the Transportation Bill Debate (Reuters) To Lower the Deficit, Cantor Targets Bike-Share But Should Raise the Gas Tax (GGW) How An Infrastructure Bank Could Help Create Jobs (CNNMoney) 9/11 Changed Transportation Forever (And Made It More Expensive) (Baltimore … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:35 AM EDT on September 8, 2011

House Appropriators Prepare to Vote on Smaller Transpo Allocation Than Obama Wanted (The Hill)
Back-to-Congress Primer on the Transportation Bill Debate (Reuters)
To Lower the Deficit, Cantor Targets Bike-Share But Should Raise the Gas Tax (GGW)
How An Infrastructure Bank Could Help Create Jobs (CNNMoney)
9/11 Changed Transportation Forever (And Made It More Expensive) (Baltimore Sun)
The Genius Behind Michele Bachmann’s Promise of $2 Gas (Atlantic)
Pay-As-You-Drive Car Insurance Debuts in California (Stateline)
Support Grows in Maryland for a Higher Gas Tax — Spend It On MARC Service Improvements (GGW)
Houston-Dallas, Minneapolis-Duluth HSR Comes Into Focus (Cmty Impact, Northlands News)
University of Tennessee Pioneers E-Bike Share (Local 8 News)
Why Don’t We Cheer Taxis As Much As Car-Sharing? (Yglesias)
A Conservative Argument For Smart Growth Legislation (Public CEO)
Fuel Efficient Cars Won’t Help If Sprawl and Urbanization Trends Continue (Yale Daily News)

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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