Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Villaraigosa: I Won’t Be Your Next Transportation Secretary (HuffPo, Politico) Roundup of Reactions to LaHood’s Resignation (Transpo Issues Daily) Romney Environmental Advisor Gina McCarthy Could Be the Next EPA Administrator (WaPo) Rep. Shuster Reiterates Willingness to Find a Solution to Transpo Funding Crisis (Transport Topics) …Will He Find the $15B Extra Needed to Maintain Infrastructure; $50B More … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:42 AM EST on February 4, 2013

Villaraigosa: I Won’t Be Your Next Transportation Secretary (HuffPo, Politico)
Roundup of Reactions to LaHood’s Resignation (Transpo Issues Daily)
Romney Environmental Advisor Gina McCarthy Could Be the Next EPA Administrator (WaPo)
Rep. Shuster Reiterates Willingness to Find a Solution to Transpo Funding Crisis (Transport Topics)
…Will He Find the $15B Extra Needed to Maintain Infrastructure; $50B More to Improve It? (Press Herald)
Two Charts to Make the Case for More Infrastructure Spending (ThinkProgress)
Read This: One Bicycling Advocate Draws Inspiration From MLK’s Legacy (Grist/Bicycle Alliance)
Even in a Context Divorced From Reality, People Irrationally Prefer Cars to Transit (Atlantic Cities)
Washington DOT in a “Continual” State of Downsizing, Layoffs, and Project Deferral (KIMA-TV)
Rail Dreams Flourish in the Heartland (Wichita Eagle, Gazette)

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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