Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Communities Across the Country Hold “Don’t X Out Public Transit” Day of Action (PR Newswire, Tribune) Republican Mayors Like Obama’s Jobs Plan — Republican Governors Don’t (WaPo) Five Issues That Will Define the Transportation Debate (Politico) The Infrastructure Bank, Explained (WaPo) Virginia May Start Tolling On Its Stretch of I-95, An Exception to the No-New-Tolls … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:34 AM EDT on September 21, 2011

Communities Across the Country Hold “Don’t X Out Public Transit” Day of Action (PR Newswire, Tribune)
Republican Mayors Like Obama’s Jobs Plan — Republican Governors Don’t (WaPo)
Five Issues That Will Define the Transportation Debate (Politico)
The Infrastructure Bank, Explained (WaPo)
Virginia May Start Tolling On Its Stretch of I-95, An Exception to the No-New-Tolls Rules (LAT)
In a Twist, Coburn Accuses Reid of Holding the FAA Hostage to Transportation Enhancements (The Hill)
Happy Birthday, Capital Bike-share! Who Knew You’d Grow Up to Be This Awesome? (Bike League)
Californians Demand Higher Gas Tax For Better Roads (SJ Mercury)
Is MA Gov. Patrick Walking the Walk? Nah, He’d Rather Drive It (CBS)
Decades After Highways Destroyed a Black Portland Neighborhood, a Bikelash (Atlantic Cities)
Audi Uses Poor Infrastructure Maintenance to Sell Cars (Transpo Issues Daily)
What Is “Shovel Ready”? Infrastructurist Evaluates Ideas For the Next Round of Spending

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.

Today's Headlines

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