Today’s Headlines
Transportation Doesn’t Make Obama’s Short To-Do List (Trans Issues Daily) Boxer: Transportation Conference “Past the Organizational Stage” (The Hill) Bike Advocates Activate Campaign to Keep Cardin-Cochran Amendment (Bike Portland) Sources Say GOP Ready to Bend on Keystone (It’s Good Election Fodder) (The Hill) Foreign Nails May Screw Up Buy America Requirements (Salt Lake Tribune) The Oil and Gas Industry … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:42 AM EDT on May 17, 2012
- Transportation Doesn’t Make Obama’s Short To-Do List (Trans Issues Daily)
- Boxer: Transportation Conference “Past the Organizational Stage” (The Hill)
- Bike Advocates Activate Campaign to Keep Cardin-Cochran Amendment (Bike Portland)
- Sources Say GOP Ready to Bend on Keystone (It’s Good Election Fodder) (The Hill)
- Foreign Nails May Screw Up Buy America Requirements (Salt Lake Tribune)
- The Oil and Gas Industry Wish List (WaPo)
- Counterproductive Budget Scenario Pits Public Servants Against Light Rail (Virginian-Pilot)
- More Highway Building Dooms Dallas’ Transit System to Low Ridership (Transport Politic)
- DC Area Proves Transportation Choices Allow For Density Without Congestion (WaPo)
- Smart Phones Create Private Bubbles in Public Places (Atlantic Cities)
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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