Today’s Headlines
VA Transpo Plan Passage Could Inspire MD to Approve a Very Different Plan (WaPo) Gov. McDonnell Already Saying He’ll “Review” Fee on Alternative Fuel Cars (WaPo) Is President Obama All Talk When It Comes to Infrastructure? (Governing) Sen. Franken Wants More Competition in Freight Rail (The Hill) Almost 60% of NY-NJ-CT Region’s Ped Fatalities Happen … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:48 AM EST on February 26, 2013
- VA Transpo Plan Passage Could Inspire MD to Approve a Very Different Plan (WaPo)
- Gov. McDonnell Already Saying He’ll “Review” Fee on Alternative Fuel Cars (WaPo)
- Is President Obama All Talk When It Comes to Infrastructure? (Governing)
- Sen. Franken Wants More Competition in Freight Rail (The Hill)
- Almost 60% of NY-NJ-CT Region’s Ped Fatalities Happen on High-Speed Arterials (TSTC)
- Oregon House Approves Columbia River Crossing (Bike Portland)
- A Section of Robert Moses Parkway to Come Down in Niagara Falls (Next City)
- Opening the Streets to Children Means Closing Them to Cars (Atlantic Cities)
- Renting Your Car Out to Others Takes 14 Vehicles Off the Road (Treehugger)
- The Most Important Urban Design Decision is a Transportation Decision (Planetizen)
- The Fatal Flaw of Regional Transit Authorities That Span Jurisdictions (Human Transit)
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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