Today’s Headlines
Road Builder Group Wants Transpo Plank in Party Platforms (The Hill) LaHood: Bike/Ped Activists Need to Raise a Ruckus to Make States Fund Projects (Transpo Nation) Can We Finally Move on to Talking About a Road User Fee? (National Journal) States Are Thinking About VMT Fees Too (CivSource) Alabama Puzzles Out What the Bill’s Changes … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:46 AM EDT on July 24, 2012
- Road Builder Group Wants Transpo Plank in Party Platforms (The Hill)
- LaHood: Bike/Ped Activists Need to Raise a Ruckus to Make States Fund Projects (Transpo Nation)
- Can We Finally Move on to Talking About a Road User Fee? (National Journal)
- States Are Thinking About VMT Fees Too (CivSource)
- Alabama Puzzles Out What the Bill’s Changes Mean For Its Beltline Project (All Alabama)
- Federal Grant Helps Detroit Take Important First Step Toward Regional Transit System (Michigan Radio)
- … Just One of $787 Million Worth of Transit State of Good Repair Grants (WaPo, FTA)
- Think the Exurbs Are Dead? Don’t Be So Sure. (Grist)
- 14 Principles For Building Sustainable Communities (Switchboard)
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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