Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

AP Optimistically Says the Transpo Bill Is in the Home Stretch Transportation Bill in the Lame Duck? Unlikely. (Transportation Issues Daily) National Security Expert and Veteran Says Keystone Pipeline Is a Bad Bet (Hill) Rep. Dennis Kucinich on How to Raise Infrastructure Dollars: Just Print More Money (HuffPo) Congressional Parliamentarians Suggest Ways to Make Washington Work … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:45 AM EDT on May 2, 2012

AP Optimistically Says the Transpo Bill Is in the Home Stretch
Transportation Bill in the Lame Duck? Unlikely. (Transportation Issues Daily)
National Security Expert and Veteran Says Keystone Pipeline Is a Bad Bet (Hill)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich on How to Raise Infrastructure Dollars: Just Print More Money (HuffPo)
Congressional Parliamentarians Suggest Ways to Make Washington Work Better (WaPo)
Pay to Maintain Roads or Pay $324 Bill to Let The Road Shred Your Car (Bloomberg)
Sprawl-Loving WSJ Acknowledges the Beauty of Transit-Oriented Development (Plus Video)
What Florida Seniors Do When They Can’t Drive Anymore (Transportation Nation)
LaHood: Why I Ride (Bike League)
From CycloFemme to Ride of Silence: The Calendar For a Busy Bike Month (Bike League)
Show Your Love For Pedestrian Protectors on Crossing Guard Appreciation Day (My Suburban Life)

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.

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