Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Dems Conceded Way Too Much on Transportation Bill (MSNBC) Environmental “Streamlining” Could Improve Safe Routes to School Project Times (Bike Portland) Transportation Bill Gives a Boost to Intelligent Transportation Technology (Marketwatch) The Construction Industry’s Breakdown of the MAP-21 Transportation Bill (For Construction Pros) Sprawl and Lack of Transportation Choices Contributed to Foreclosure Crisis (Earth Island Journal) Transportation … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:42 AM EDT on July 5, 2012

Dems Conceded Way Too Much on Transportation Bill (MSNBC)
Environmental “Streamlining” Could Improve Safe Routes to School Project Times (Bike Portland)
Transportation Bill Gives a Boost to Intelligent Transportation Technology (Marketwatch)
The Construction Industry’s Breakdown of the MAP-21 Transportation Bill (For Construction Pros)
Sprawl and Lack of Transportation Choices Contributed to Foreclosure Crisis (Earth Island Journal)
Transportation Bill Broke GOP’s Procedural Rules (Politico)
Crucial Vote Coming Up on California High-Speed Rail (Sac Bee)

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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