Today’s Headlines
Connecticut Rail Shutdown Could Mean “Carmaggedon” on I-95 (USA Today, Globe, NYT) Foxx Is a Shoo-In For Transpo Secretary But He’s Not Leaving Anything to Chance (News & Observer) Obama Seeks to Further Fast-Track Infrastructure Project Reviews (White House) Doubling Tripling Quintupling Down on Obama’s Infrastructure Bank Idea (TID) Ways and Means Chair Uses IRS … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:48 AM EDT on May 20, 2013
- Connecticut Rail Shutdown Could Mean “Carmaggedon” on I-95 (USA Today, Globe, NYT)
- Foxx Is a Shoo-In For Transpo Secretary But He’s Not Leaving Anything to Chance (News & Observer)
- Obama Seeks to Further Fast-Track Infrastructure Project Reviews (White House)
DoublingTriplingQuintupling Down on Obama’s Infrastructure Bank Idea (TID)- Ways and Means Chair Uses IRS Scandal as Pretext to Push for Tax Reform (The Hill)
- Maryland’s 54 Percent Share for Transit Inspires Pennsylvania’s Keystone Politics
- Either of LA’s Mayoral Candidates Would Continue Villaraigosa’s Legacy on Transit and Bicycles (LAT)
- Corporations Use Bike Appeal to Get a Hip Makeover (Good)
- Transportation Workers Are the Most Obese (Gannett)
- Reminder: Scientists Agree Humans Cause Climate Change (WaPo)
- One World Trade Center: The Most Expensive Parking Garage in History (Observer)
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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