Today’s Headlines
Secretary Villaraigosa… Has a Nice Ring to It (NBC San Diego, Atlantic Cities) Chuck Marohn’s Radical Idea For the Next Transportation Bill: Don’t Pass One (Better! Cities & Towns) AASHTO Needs to Update Its Guidance to States in Light of Climate Realities (AP) If Passenger Rail Can Be Profitable, Why So Much Federal Investment in California … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:44 AM EST on November 26, 2012
- Secretary Villaraigosa… Has a Nice Ring to It (NBC San Diego, Atlantic Cities)
- Chuck Marohn’s Radical Idea For the Next Transportation Bill: Don’t Pass One (Better! Cities & Towns)
- AASHTO Needs to Update Its Guidance to States in Light of Climate Realities (AP)
- If Passenger Rail Can Be Profitable, Why So Much Federal Investment in California HSR? (TBO)
- Major Expansion in Ohio’s Freight Rail Capacity Could Replace 1000s of Trucks (Columbus Dispatch)
- Comparing U.S. Rail to China (LymeLine)
- Boston’s MBTA Faces Its Own Fiscal Cliff (Globe)
- TXDOT Is Drowning in Debt — And Fossil Fuels (Statesman, Star-Telegram)
- North Texas Commuter Rail Becoming a Reality (Star-Telegram)
- A Little Sympathy For Stroller-Wielding Transit Riders, Please (Chicago Tribune)
- Bike-Share Downhill, Bus Back Up: Planning For Asymmetric Mode Share (Ped Observations)
- Clif Bar Says Happy Holidays to Employees With Custom PUBLIC Bikes (SF Chronicle)
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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