Today’s Headlines
GOP Platform Officially Adopts Agenda 21 Fearmongering (Atlantic Cities, NYT) The Practical Problem With Cars: They Take Up Space (GGW) Upcoming Bike League Webinar: How to Win Bike Funding Under MAP-21 Columbus, Mississippi Considers Public Transit (AP) How Distorted Subway Maps Affect Our Choices (Smithsonian) Houston Dives Into Car-Sharing (AutoblogGreen) Google Maps Adds Voice Directions … Continued
By
Katie Pearce
8:59 AM EDT on August 30, 2012
- GOP Platform Officially Adopts Agenda 21 Fearmongering (Atlantic Cities, NYT)
- The Practical Problem With Cars: They Take Up Space (GGW)
- Upcoming Bike League Webinar: How to Win Bike Funding Under MAP-21
- Columbus, Mississippi Considers Public Transit (AP)
- How Distorted Subway Maps Affect Our Choices (Smithsonian)
- Houston Dives Into Car-Sharing (AutoblogGreen)
- Google Maps Adds Voice Directions for Cyclists (Treehugger)
- CA High-Speed Rail Critics Take Environmental Justice Tack (Hanford Sentinel)
- Are Abandoned Bikes Art? (Transpo Nation)
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