Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Obama: Transportation Used to Be the “Easiest Bill to Pass in Washington” (Hill, Hill) Obama Gets Reagan Wrong on Infrastructure (Examiner) Loving Your Cell Phone Could Be Fatal (Atlantic) Young People Tell Transportation Nation Why They’re Driving Less CA Utilities That Caused 2001 Brownout Crisis Could Buy the State EV Stations (LAT) Good News For … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:49 AM EDT on May 1, 2012

Obama: Transportation Used to Be the “Easiest Bill to Pass in Washington” (Hill, Hill)
Obama Gets Reagan Wrong on Infrastructure (Examiner)
Loving Your Cell Phone Could Be Fatal (Atlantic)
Young People Tell Transportation Nation Why They’re Driving Less
CA Utilities That Caused 2001 Brownout Crisis Could Buy the State EV Stations (LAT)
Good News For Rail? 2011 Was the Most Expensive Year to Fly Ever (Transportation Nation)
Too Many Constituencies Make Metropolitan Planning Orgs Ineffective (Atlantic Cities)
Mythbusting the Suburbs: Yes, There Are Poor People. No, Not Everybody Drives (Arch Daily)
How Did Cars Get the Monopoly On Sexiness? Transit Can Be Fun, Joyous, and — Yes — Sexy (Grist)
Whittier Daily News Editorial: Make Bike Lanes More Like Freeways
Bike-Share Users Don’t Wear Helmets (Boston.com)
AAA in Oregon and Idaho Now Includes Roadside Bike Maintenance in Basic Package (KTVZ)

Tanya Snyder

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.

Today's Headlines

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