Today’s Headlines
Senate Passes Budget For First Time in 4 Years — What Now? (Transpo Issues Daily) Maryland House Approves Gas Tax Hike (AP) Virginia Transpo Plan Gets Constitutional Challenge From Attorney General (NBC4) Vermont Might Make Hybrid Drivers Pay Into Transportation Fund (VT Digger) AP: Raiding Transportation Funds For Other Programs Is an Awesome Idea NYC … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:43 AM EDT on March 25, 2013
- Senate Passes Budget For First Time in 4 Years — What Now? (Transpo Issues Daily)
- Maryland House Approves Gas Tax Hike (AP)
- Virginia Transpo Plan Gets Constitutional Challenge From Attorney General (NBC4)
- Vermont Might Make Hybrid Drivers Pay Into Transportation Fund (VT Digger)
- AP: Raiding Transportation Funds For Other Programs Is an Awesome Idea
- NYC Mayoral Candidate Sal Albanese Wants to Organize “Mayors for Mass Transit” (MSNBC)
- Buffalo’s “Train to Nowhere” Becomes a Hotbed of Urbanist Development (Buffalo News)
- An Argument For TxDOT to Fund County Road Maintenance (Burnt Orange Report)
- Bicycling Isn’t Just For the Able-Bodied (ABC9)
- AirBnb for Cars: Ride-Sharing on the Rise (Good)
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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