Today’s Headlines
Supreme Court Upholds Sprawl Fees For Greenfield Development (Switchboard) One Ridiculous Charge Dropped Against Grieving Georgia Mom Raquel Nelson, Two Remain (AJC) House Republican Says Grover Norquist’s Anti-Tax Pledge Is “Paralyzing” Congress (WaPo) Sen. Rand Paul Takes Up Anti-Transpo Enhancement Zealotry Where Coburn Left Off (Courier-Journal) Feds Lay the Groundwork For Detroit-to-Chicago HSR With $196.5 … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:37 AM EDT on October 6, 2011
- Supreme Court Upholds Sprawl Fees For Greenfield Development (Switchboard)
- One Ridiculous Charge Dropped Against Grieving Georgia Mom Raquel Nelson, Two Remain (AJC)
- House Republican Says Grover Norquist’s Anti-Tax Pledge Is “Paralyzing” Congress (WaPo)
- Sen. Rand Paul Takes Up Anti-Transpo Enhancement Zealotry Where Coburn Left Off (Courier-Journal)
- Feds Lay the Groundwork For Detroit-to-Chicago HSR With $196.5 Million Grant (WDIV)
- Flip the Funding Imbalance Between Roads and Transit On Its Head (Infrastructurist)
- Seven Vancouver Area Mayors Get Behind Transpo Plan, Complete With Gas Tax to Fund It (Sun)
- Gov. Christie Spends $95 Million to Kill ARC Tunnel — To Save NJ Money (AP)
- TEN Evaluates Transpo-Sector Apprenticeship and Job Training Programs’ Equity Impact
- The Algorithm Behind NYC Bike Share Planning (Atlantic Cities)
- Texting While Driving Doubles Reaction Time (WaPo)
- Did You Walk Your Kid to School Yesterday? (Sun-Times)
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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