Today’s Headlines
Boxer: Anemic Jobs Report Underscores Need to Pass Bill (The Hill) Cantor: Too Bad (The Hill) Anxiously Awaiting the House Budget Proposal — Very Anxiously (Trans Issues Daily) States Will Lead the Way on VMT Fee Collection (USA Today) Why City Versus Suburb Is the Wrong Question (Atlantic Cities) Chris Leinberger Explains Why Walkability Raises … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:38 AM EDT on June 5, 2012
- Boxer: Anemic Jobs Report Underscores Need to Pass Bill (The Hill)
- Cantor: Too Bad (The Hill)
- Anxiously Awaiting the House Budget Proposal — Very Anxiously (Trans Issues Daily)
- States Will Lead the Way on VMT Fee Collection (USA Today)
- Why City Versus Suburb Is the Wrong Question (Atlantic Cities)
- Chris Leinberger Explains Why Walkability Raises Property Values (WBEZ)
- Designing Healthy Communities: A Four-Hour TV Series (Mobilizing the Region)
- Orlando Tries to Shed Its First Place Title As Most Dangerous City to Walk In (Transpo Nation)
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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