Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Any Women Among Possible U.S. DOT Picks? (If LaHood Leaves, That Is) (The Hill, WaPo) Why Settle For Parity? Eliminate the Parking Tax Benefit (Switchboard) TSTC Takes Stock of the Transpo News From 2012 And What’s In Store For 2013 New FTA Rules Will Better Link Transportation Policy With Housing (U.S. News) Amtrak Pushes Forward With Improvement … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:56 AM EST on January 11, 2013

Any Women Among Possible U.S. DOT Picks? (If LaHood Leaves, That Is) (The Hill, WaPo)
Why Settle For Parity? Eliminate the Parking Tax Benefit (Switchboard)
TSTC Takes Stock of the Transpo News From 2012 And What’s In Store For 2013
New FTA Rules Will Better Link Transportation Policy With Housing (U.S. News)
Amtrak Pushes Forward With Improvement Plans Despite Republican Attacks (The Hill)
Highway Lobby Launches Pro-Tolling Campaign (IBTTA)
LaHood Comes to Detroit For the Cars, Stays For the Transit (Freep)
Increased Traffic in North Dakota Oil Areas Leads to Road Repair Crisis (Tribune)
Maybe Marylanders’ Commute Times Are So Long Because They Don’t Live in DC (Gazette)
Well, Why Shouldn’t All Our Cities Be Like Buenos Aires? (Switchboard)
The Symbiotic Relationship Between Cities and Buses (Chicago Magazine)

Tanya Snyder

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.

Today's Headlines

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