Today’s Headlines
MO Sen. McCaskill Wants to Redirect Afghanistan Infrastructure Aid to U.S. (HuffPo) Mica: Drilling Is a “Band-Aid” Funding Solution, Search For Money Factored Into Bill Delay (WaPo) Unions Reach Accord After Top Lawmakers Move to Block Rail Strike (Bloomberg, The Hill) House Transpo Chair Mica Could Lose His Seat in Redistricting (Transpo Nation) St. Louis; Albuquerque; … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:13 AM EST on December 2, 2011
- MO Sen. McCaskill Wants to Redirect Afghanistan Infrastructure Aid to U.S. (HuffPo)
- Mica: Drilling Is a “Band-Aid” Funding Solution, Search For Money Factored Into Bill Delay (WaPo)
- Unions Reach Accord After Top Lawmakers Move to Block Rail Strike (Bloomberg, The Hill)
- House Transpo Chair Mica Could Lose His Seat in Redistricting (Transpo Nation)
- St. Louis; Albuquerque; El Paso; Howard, SD and Normal, IL Win For Smart Growth (EPA, Atlantic Cities)
- Food Distributors Worry About Potential Impact of Trucker Hour Changes (The Packer)
- Off-Peak Travel and Transit Loyalty Programs: Ideas From the Experts (BusinessWeek)
- Profiling the Car-Free As Auto Ownership Drops in Ocala, Florida (Ocala.com)
- Cycling Up, Crashes Down in Chicago (Medill Reports)
- Late November Deadly For Pedestrians, Newly Dark PM Rush Hour Blamed (Global Toronto)
- Pure Air and the Devil: A Brief History of Women and Bicycles (Smithsonian)
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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