Today’s Headlines
Streetsblog Capitol Hill will be publishing lightly today.
By
Tanya Snyder
8:43 AM EDT on May 11, 2012
- Mica Thinks the Conference Committee Will Pass a Bill With Keystone (Hill)
- Schuster Ready to Claim His “Birthright,” T&I Gavel (Politico)
- CBO: Drilling Would Make Americans More Vulnerable to Price Spikes (ThinkProgress, WaPo)
- Could Texas Be the Next Leader in High-Speed Rail? (Star-Telegram)
- LaHood to California on HSR: Fish or Cut Bait (Sac Bee)
- Building More Housing Isn’t a Panacea for the Affordability Crisis — But It’s Part of the Solution (GGW)
- It’s Not Necessary to Point Out the Washington Times’ Stupidity About Bikeshare But It’s Fun (WashCycle)
- FRA Grants Some Relief From Over-regulation and Unfunded Mandates (JOC)
- Virginia Says Let’s Spend Money on Transpo, But Not Transit, And I Don’t Want to Pay For It (WaPo)
- Rider Sues Chicago Metra Over Transit Pass Expiration Dates (Courthouse News)
- Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Leon Trotsky, and the Gas Tax (RPUS)
Streetsblog Capitol Hill will be publishing lightly today.
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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