Today’s Headlines

• Congress in Recess But Chamber of Commerce Still Campaigning for Transportation (Hill)
• The Transit Tax Break, Victim of Partisan Gridlock (TranspoNation, Telegram)
• Congress “Bumper-to-Bumper” on a Transportation Bill (Austin Statesman)
• Tracing Politicians’ Positions on Transportation Funding to Campaign Contributions (MoneyLight)
• Medical Researcher Wants to Remind Policymakers: Transportation Is a Health Issue (UTSD)
• The New ‘Arms Race’ for Carmakers? Internet Browsing at 70 MPH (Mercury)
• California Transportation Agencies Ready to Spend HSR Money Now (LATimes)
• Code for America’s Vision for Running Local Governments 2.0 (Shareable)
• Meet Janis Scott, “Houston’s Bus Lady,” Fighting Hard for Her Transit (Chronicle)
• Capturing the Beauty of StrangersInTransit (Montreal-Gazette)

Streetsblog will be on a light publishing schedule today.