Today’s Headlines
The Hill Asks: Is It LaHood’s Last Week? MA Wants to Spend Half as Much on Bike/Ped as the Feds Do For the Whole Country (Boston Herald) Lawmaker Wants to Cut Transit Tax Benefit to “Pay For” Sandy Aid (GovExec) Support Is High For Public Spending on Transit (The Hill) Will Congress Throw Bicycling Off the … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:49 AM EST on January 15, 2013
- The Hill Asks: Is It LaHood’s Last Week?
- MA Wants to Spend Half as Much on Bike/Ped as the Feds Do For the Whole Country (Boston Herald)
- Lawmaker Wants to Cut Transit Tax Benefit to “Pay For” Sandy Aid (GovExec)
- Support Is High For Public Spending on Transit (The Hill)
- Will Congress Throw Bicycling Off the Fiscal Cliff? (Bike League)
- Mileage-Based User Fees Getting Good Press (Motoramic)
- 8 1/2 Minutes to Cross the Street — In a “Transit-Oriented” Inner Suburb (GGW)
- Do Educated People Live in Central Cities or Suburbs? (Atlantic Cities)
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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