Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

The Million Dollar Question: Is There an All-Powerful Bike Lobby? Politico: No. WSJ: Totes. Transit Ridership Declined 1.9 Percent in First Quarter (APTA) Feds to Developers: No Prob, Sprawl Out into Wildfire Zones, We’ve Got You Covered (WaPo) Waiting for a “Grand Bargain” to Fix the Gas Tax? You’ll Be Waiting a While. (Jared Bernstein) … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:52 AM EDT on June 18, 2013

The Million Dollar Question: Is There an All-Powerful Bike Lobby? Politico: No. WSJ: Totes.
Transit Ridership Declined 1.9 Percent in First Quarter (APTA)
Feds to Developers: No Prob, Sprawl Out into Wildfire Zones, We’ve Got You Covered (WaPo)
Waiting for a “Grand Bargain” to Fix the Gas Tax? You’ll Be Waiting a While. (Jared Bernstein)
The National Association of Realtors Has Given $1 Million in Grants for Smart Growth
FRA Committee OKs High-Speed Rail Crashworthiness Standards (Railway Age)
Detroit’s Brand-New Regional Transit Authority Unveils Train Cars for New Line (Next City)
France’s Electric Car-Share Comes to Indianapolis (Inside EVs)
Inject Some “Whoopdeedoo” in Your City’s Bike Plan. It’s This Easy. (Treehugger)
Brazilians Protest Public Transit Fare Hikes Amid Government Spending on Soccer (LAHT)

Tanya Snyder

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.

Today's Headlines

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