Today’s Headlines
Anthony Foxx “Connects the Dots Between Environment, Sustainability, and Transit” (Switchboard) Does It Matter That Foxx Is Not a Transportation Expert? (National Journal) Government Rescue of GM Will Be Finished in Early 2014 (The Hill) Will States Pay to Continue Amtrak Service or Let It Disappear? (NYT) Colorado Can Finally Use Gas Taxes For Something … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:45 AM EDT on May 7, 2013
- Anthony Foxx “Connects the Dots Between Environment, Sustainability, and Transit” (Switchboard)
- Does It Matter That Foxx Is Not a Transportation Expert? (National Journal)
- Government Rescue of GM Will Be Finished in Early 2014 (The Hill)
- Will States Pay to Continue Amtrak Service or Let It Disappear? (NYT)
- Colorado Can Finally Use Gas Taxes For Something Other Than Auto Infrastructure (Denver Post)
- LaHood Tells Houston to “Get Its Act Together” on Light Rail Expansion (Next City)
- Chattanooga Suburb Gets a Downtown (Nooga)
- Are Public-Private Partnerships Always in the Public Interest? (Atlantic Cities)
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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