Today’s Headlines
WSJ: Americans Don’t Want LaHood’s Strange “Livability,” They Want Endless Highways GOP: Maybe If We Keep Talking About High Gas Prices No One Will Notice We Have No Plan (WaPo) The Oil and Gas Industry Tax Breaks That Congress Just Voted to Keep, Explained (Strib) Will a Weakened Tea Party Be Less Able to Obstruct Progress … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:32 AM EDT on April 16, 2012
- WSJ: Americans Don’t Want LaHood’s Strange “Livability,” They Want Endless Highways
- GOP: Maybe If We Keep Talking About High Gas Prices No One Will Notice We Have No Plan (WaPo)
- The Oil and Gas Industry Tax Breaks That Congress Just Voted to Keep, Explained (Strib)
- Will a Weakened Tea Party Be Less Able to Obstruct Progress on Transportation? (TPM)
- Historic Preservation Increases Suburbanization and Rich People’s Property Values (Salon)
- Light Rail Construction Can Be a Death Blow For Businesses (CBS)
- Climate, Gas Prices, Transit Don’t Impact Cycling Rates As Much As Bike Lanes Do (Treehugger)
- The Holy City of Mecca is a Victim of Sprawl (Green Prophet)
- Dreaming of the Perfect City Street — Even in Phoenix (Next American City)
- Capital Bike-Share Is Selling Helmets, But It Doesn’t Solve the Problem (WaPo)
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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