Today’s Headlines
Streetsblog Capitol Hill is on a light publishing schedule today. Enjoy your three-day weekend, if you have one, and we'll see you tomorrow.
By
Tanya Snyder
8:44 AM EDT on October 8, 2012
- Any Path Toward North American Energy Independence Depends on “Extreme Energy” (Grist)
- VA, IA Governors Plan to Raise Transportation Revenue at the Expense of Schools, Police (CTJ)
- An Argument For the Prop 1 Sales Tax Hike for Transit in Pierce County, WA (Bellingham Herald)
- How Can a Community Solve Its “Last Mile” Problem Outside Park-n-Ride Transit Stations? (Denver Post)
- What Would Texarkana High Speed Rail Look Like? (Shreveport Times)
- Privatizing Amtrak Wouldn’t Make Rail More Efficient or Cut the Deficit (Delaware Online)
- Vancouver’s Enviable Dilemma: Spend Transpo Surplus on Bike Lanes or Transit? (Maple Ridge News)
- Study: Australian Helmet Law and Bike Infrastructure Reduced Head Injuries (Crikey)
- Higher-Speed Rail Pushes Up Into Vermont, Thanks to Stimulus (Brattleboro Reformer)
- It’s Not About Loving Bikes, It’s About Loving How Bikes Make Cities Better (HuffPo)
- A Brief Reminder About the Real Factors Affecting Gas Prices (Contra Costa Times)
Streetsblog Capitol Hill is on a light publishing schedule today. Enjoy your three-day weekend, if you have one, and we’ll see you tomorrow.
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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