Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Gasoline Took Record-Sized Bite Out of Household Budgets in 2012 (The Hill) First $2 Billion in Sandy Transit Aid Becomes Available (Fast Lane) New Director Sets Plans to Jump-Start Chicago Infrastructure Trust (Crain’s) The Republican Party’s Urban Problem Isn’t Just Cosmetic (Grist) UK Rail Privatization Resulted in Skyrocketing Fares, Cynicism (Mirror, Telegraph) Failed San Diego Neighborhoods … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:51 AM EST on February 5, 2013

Gasoline Took Record-Sized Bite Out of Household Budgets in 2012 (The Hill)
First $2 Billion in Sandy Transit Aid Becomes Available (Fast Lane)
New Director Sets Plans to Jump-Start Chicago Infrastructure Trust (Crain’s)
The Republican Party’s Urban Problem Isn’t Just Cosmetic (Grist)
UK Rail Privatization Resulted in Skyrocketing Fares, Cynicism (Mirror, Telegraph)
Failed San Diego Neighborhoods Prove Car-Friendly Features Kill Walkability (KPBS)
Maryland Grasps at Straws, Raises Speed Limit to Boost ICC Use (Transpo Nation)
Tour de Fat Pledge Inspires Realtor to Brand Himself Around Carlessness (Inman)
DC Seeks to Enliven Pedestrian Dead Zones Near Monolithic Federal Buildings (City Paper)
Calculated: How Much Each New Residential Unit Contributes to Local Economy (RPUS)

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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