Today’s Headlines
Fiscal Cliff Deal Suddenly Doesn’t Seem So Impossible (WaPo) Conservatives Freak Out About Post-Sandy Transpo Spending (National Review, Heritage) Why Telework Bombed Among Federal Employees (Federal Times) Train Travel Makes a Comeback (MSN Money) Alaska Won’t Destroy Nature Refuge to Reduce Paralyzing 3-Minute Congestion Delays (ADN) Crowd-Sourced Transpo Apps Make Transit Riders Happy, Encourage Distracted Driving … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
9:02 AM EST on December 18, 2012
- Fiscal Cliff Deal Suddenly Doesn’t Seem So Impossible (WaPo)
- Conservatives Freak Out About Post-Sandy Transpo Spending (National Review, Heritage)
- Why Telework Bombed Among Federal Employees (Federal Times)
- Train Travel Makes a Comeback (MSN Money)
- Alaska Won’t Destroy Nature Refuge to Reduce Paralyzing 3-Minute Congestion Delays (ADN)
- Crowd-Sourced Transpo Apps Make Transit Riders Happy, Encourage Distracted Driving (Co-Design)
- Orlando Gets Another Fantasy-Land Rail System (Transpo Nation)
- DC Commission Decision Could Keep Long Commutes For Charter School Kids (GGW)
- Which Conservative Recommended Bikes-Only Street Grids For Disasters? (Cyclelicio.us)
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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