Today’s Headlines
The Top of Foxx’s To-Do List: Figure Out a Revenue Source for Transportation (The Hill) Who Better to Unseat Car-Loving Wisc. Gov. Walker Than a Trek Bicycle Executive? (Journal-Sentinel) Keep This in Mind the Next Time You Hear Hysterical Estimates of the Costs of Congestion (WaPo) Lessons From the BART Strike (SPUR) The Limits of Density in … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:59 AM EDT on July 8, 2013
- The Top of Foxx’s To-Do List: Figure Out a Revenue Source for Transportation (The Hill)
- Who Better to Unseat Car-Loving Wisc. Gov. Walker Than a Trek Bicycle Executive? (Journal-Sentinel)
- Keep This in Mind the Next Time You Hear Hysterical Estimates of the Costs of Congestion (WaPo)
- Lessons From the BART Strike (SPUR)
- The Limits of Density in the Bay Area (Price Roads)
- Tahrir Square Isn’t in Some Car-Oriented Suburb (and That’s No Coincidence) (Atlantic Cities)
- To Revitalize a Blighted Neighborhood, Bring in a Brewery (NYT)
- Is Paper Pulp the Solution to the Bike-Share Helmet Problem? (Urban Times)
- Playing Dead on a Stroad Near You (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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