Today’s Headlines
How TIFIA Works (Press Enterprise) Utah Olympics Veteran Has Transit Advice for London (Urgent Communications) Manufacturers: Time to Move Away From the Gas Tax (Nashua Telegraph) The West Coast Is Falling Back in Love With Transit (Architect’s Newspaper via Planetizen) Can One Bike-Share System Fulfill the Needs of Tourists and Commuters Alike? (Articulate Discontent) Believe It or Not, APTA … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:44 AM EDT on July 30, 2012
- How TIFIA Works (Press Enterprise)
- Utah Olympics Veteran Has Transit Advice for London (Urgent Communications)
- Manufacturers: Time to Move Away From the Gas Tax (Nashua Telegraph)
- The West Coast Is Falling Back in Love With Transit (Architect’s Newspaper via Planetizen)
- Can One Bike-Share System Fulfill the Needs of Tourists and Commuters Alike? (Articulate Discontent)
- Believe It or Not, APTA Names SEPTA Best Transit System (Daily Times, Phila. Daily News)
- CA HSR Will Be a Net Polluter For at Least 10 Years (KQED)
- Yes There Is a Plan B For Atlanta’s Transpo Referendum (AJC, Creative Loafing)
- E-ZPass to Be Required For DC Beltway HOV-Lane Users (Transpo Nation)
- Traffic Projections Lead Engineers to Try to Turn Boulevard Plan Back Into a Highway (News OK)
- To Get More Women Cycling, Start a Ladies-Only Bike Club (Press Democrat)
- Myth vs. Fact About Bike Theft (Strib)
- Richard Florida (and Jane Jacobs) on Why Density Isn’t Enough to Make a City Vibrant (WSJ)
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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