Today’s Headlines
- The Economist's "Gulliver" Blog Echoes Brookings' Call to Eliminate Amtraks' Long Routes
- VIDEO: Bike-Builder Georgena Terry Kicks Off Women's Bike Forum (Bike League)
- Disabled Vet Rep. Tammy Duckworth Calls Bicycles a Great "Leveler" (Bike Portland)
- On the Heels of Virginia Decision, Maryland Leaders Announce Transportation Plan (WBAL)
- Coalition for Smarter Growth Dreams Big, Maps Out a Plan For Next Gen DC Transit (GGW)
- DDOT Proposes Bike Boulevards For Upper Northwest (Wash Cycle)
- 73 Wisconsin Businesses Benefit From HSR Line Gov. Walker Rejected (Cap Times)
- Is Hawaii's $15 Bicycle Tax Too High? (Cyclelicio.us)
- Washington Rep. Backs Down on Crazy Talk on Cycling and CO2 (Newser, Bike Portland)
- ConcordMonitor Pushes For Hike in New Hampshire Gas Tax For Two Reasons
- Instead of Building Airports Outside Cities, Build Cities Around Airports? (Guardian)
- A New Kind of Pedestrian Map (Polis)
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