Today’s Headlines
DC to NY in 94 Minutes? Maglev Lobbyists Say They Can Do It in 60. (WaPo) Do NEC Improvements Have to Be So Expensive? (WaPo) Obama: MAP-21 Means No More Layoffs. (But What About The 1M New Jobs Promised?) (The Hill) CBO and Brookings Take a Look At What An Infrastructure Bank Would Do, If … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:39 AM EDT on July 17, 2012
- DC to NY in 94 Minutes? Maglev Lobbyists Say They Can Do It in 60. (WaPo)
- Do NEC Improvements Have to Be So Expensive? (WaPo)
- Obama: MAP-21 Means No More Layoffs. (But What About The 1M New Jobs Promised?) (The Hill)
- CBO and Brookings Take a Look At What An Infrastructure Bank Would Do, If It’s Ever Created
- If You Care About Smart Growth, Stop Talking About Smart Growth (USA Today)
- London Tells Olympic-Going Cyclists to Sit in Traffic (ETA)
- Eco-Nonprofit Idea of Good Infrastructure Isn’t the Same as Industry’s (NRDC)
- Re-imagining Obsolete Gas Stations (50,000 So Far) (Atlantic Cities, NYT)
- Cars Kill Us, Make Us Fat Says British Report (TreeHugger)
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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