Today’s Headlines
What Is Really Happening Behind Conference Committee’s Closed Doors? (Trans Issues Daily) Obama Administration Needs to Show More Leadership on Transportation (Politico) What Does the Transportation Bill Mean For Truckers? (Bismarck Tribune) Can CA High-Speed Rail Be Built Fast Enough to Avoid Risking Federal Dollars? (LAT, NBC) HSR: CA vs. NEC (Politico) Governors Want Transpo … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:44 AM EDT on May 14, 2012
- What Is Really Happening Behind Conference Committee’s Closed Doors? (Trans Issues Daily)
- Obama Administration Needs to Show More Leadership on Transportation (Politico)
- What Does the Transportation Bill Mean For Truckers? (Bismarck Tribune)
- Can CA High-Speed Rail Be Built Fast Enough to Avoid Risking Federal Dollars? (LAT, NBC)
- HSR: CA vs. NEC (Politico)
- Governors Want Transpo Bill to Preserve “Stability” and “Flexibility” (Trans Issues Daily)
- 560,000 Americans With Disabilities Never Leave Home Because of Bad Transportation Options (Good)
- Increase Density But Save the Low-Rise Cityscape (Crosscut)
- Oregon Moves Closer to VMT Fee (Republic)
- NPR Quotes Ken Orski Foretelling Doom For High-Speed Rail
- House Voted to Kill the Nationwide Survey That Tracks Commuter Habits (NYT)
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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