Today’s Headlines
Maybe There Is a Path Forward for Federal Transportation Bill (Press Enterprise) Maryland Assembly Prefers Gas Tax to Sales Tax (WAMU) House Rail/Pipeline Subcmte. Chair: “Put Infrastructure Before Politics” (Wash. Times) Delaware River PA Seeks Federal Funds for Bike Ramp on PA-NJ Bridge (NJ.com) See-Rent-Ride: Bike Sharing Changes How People See City (Bike League) Speaking … Continued
By
Ben Goldman
8:56 AM EST on January 12, 2012
- Maybe There Is a Path Forward for Federal Transportation Bill (Press Enterprise)
- Maryland Assembly Prefers Gas Tax to Sales Tax (WAMU)
- House Rail/Pipeline Subcmte. Chair: “Put Infrastructure Before Politics” (Wash. Times)
- Delaware River PA Seeks Federal Funds for Bike Ramp on PA-NJ Bridge (NJ.com)
- See-Rent-Ride: Bike Sharing Changes How People See City (Bike League)
- Speaking of Which, Capital Bikeshare Releases Anonymous Trip Data as Promised (GGW)
- Alaskan Cyclist Tracks Own Travel Habits (Homer Tribune)
- “Pipeline by Rail” Planned for Colorado (Journal of Commerce)
- The Law of Traffic Congestion, According to “The Flash” (Planetizen)
- People Walk More, Drive Less When More Businesses Are Within Walking Distance (NRDC)
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