Today’s Headlines
Ed Markey Poised to Win Massachusetts Senate Seat, Leading to Changes on T & I (The Hill) VA Sen. Mark Warner Steps into Frank Lautenberg’s Big Shoes on Commerce Committee (TID) Renowned Trail Hiker Mark Sanford Joins T & I Committee (TID) LaHood Slams Partisanship in Congress (PJ Star) Bike Share Elevates Importance of NACTO’s Efforts for … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:53 AM EDT on June 17, 2013
- Ed Markey Poised to Win Massachusetts Senate Seat, Leading to Changes on T & I (The Hill)
- VA Sen. Mark Warner Steps into Frank Lautenberg’s Big Shoes on Commerce Committee (TID)
- Renowned Trail Hiker Mark Sanford Joins T & I Committee (TID)
- LaHood Slams Partisanship in Congress (PJ Star)
- Bike Share Elevates Importance of NACTO’s Efforts for Bike Safety (Associations Now)
- Chicago Set to Launch Divvy Bike Share (Register-Guard)
- Minneapolis Is Ready for Bike Safety 2.0: Etiquette (Star Tribune)
- TOD Reduces Driving, But Not Because of the Transit (MinnPost via Planetizen)
- MD Lt. Gov: Opponents of Gas Tax Don’t Know Much About Economic Growth (Daily Record)
- NJ Transit Brings Wifi (Newsroom Jersey), Raising the Bar for All Transit (Chicago Tribune)
- Telegraph Surveys the World’s Top High-Speed Rail Lines
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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