Today’s Headlines
Congress Tees Up Rail Fight With PRIIA Reauthorization (The Hill) I-5 Bridge “Wake-Up Call” Rings in $5.5 Billion Bridge Fix Bill (Land Line) …But What About Spending the Money We Have More Wisely? (Better! Cities & Towns) To Pay for Roads, New Jersey Considers Corporate Sponsorship (NorthJersey) If California Wants to Reduce Oil Dependency, It … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:56 AM EDT on June 21, 2013
- Congress Tees Up Rail Fight With PRIIA Reauthorization (The Hill)
- I-5 Bridge “Wake-Up Call” Rings in $5.5 Billion Bridge Fix Bill (Land Line)
- …But What About Spending the Money We Have More Wisely? (Better! Cities & Towns)
- To Pay for Roads, New Jersey Considers Corporate Sponsorship (NorthJersey)
- If California Wants to Reduce Oil Dependency, It Has to Change Its Parking Policy (Streetsblog LA)
- VA Gov. Race: Republican Candidate Doesn’t Want Silver Line, Dem Doesn’t Know Where It Is (GGW)
- Former CaBi Workers Say They’re Owed Money (WNYC), Alta Responds (Bike Portland)
- A Photo Essay of the Pacific Northwest’s Ugly Parking and the Beauty It Displaces (Sightline)
- Free-Flowing Traffic or Livability: Which Will It Be, DC Overlords? (GGW)
- The Economist Floats the Idea of Free Buses
- How Far Is Too Far to Walk? It Depends. (Strong Towns)
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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