Today’s Headlines

8:26 AM EDT on September 22, 2011

Dems Would Take Government Shutdown Over Loss of Funding For Alternative Cars (WaPo)
Senate Doesn't Quite Save High-Speed Rail, But Puts It on Life Support (AP, Bloomberg)
Happy Car-Free Day! (WaPo)
With Bike Commuting Rates Up Elsewhere, Why Are They Going South in the South? (Atlantic Cities)
Montreal's Pioneering Bikeshare System Struggles With Costs (CS Monitor)
Zimride Gets $ For Its Experiment Combining Ride-Sharing With Social Networking (MarketWatch)
Car Exhaust Can Increase Heart Attack Risk (TreeHugger)
Interim Texas DOT Chief Talks Like a Reformer About Transpo Options (Transpo Nation)
New England Gets $83 Million for Amtrak Improvements (Railway Age)

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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