Today’s Headlines
Obama Would Veto House Transportation Budget (The Hill) No Worries, The Senate Won’t Pass the House Bill. This Is What They’ll Be Doing Instead (WaPo) Anthony Foxx’s First Trip as Secretary Focuses on Rail Safety (Fast Lane) Chuck Schumer Wants Climate Adaptation Measures for Rail in Next Transpo Bill (The Hill) Sen. Wicker Pleads for … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:52 AM EDT on July 23, 2013
- Obama Would Veto House Transportation Budget (The Hill)
- No Worries, The Senate Won’t Pass the House Bill. This Is What They’ll Be Doing Instead (WaPo)
- Anthony Foxx’s First Trip as Secretary Focuses on Rail Safety (Fast Lane)
- Chuck Schumer Wants Climate Adaptation Measures for Rail in Next Transpo Bill (The Hill)
- Sen. Wicker Pleads for “Tolerance” For Climate Deniers Who Will Cook the Planet (MSNBC)
- The More Your Town Uses Transit, the Lower Its Risk of Mortgage Default (Switchboard)
- Do You Watch Your Neighborhood Like George Zimmerman or Jane Jacobs? (Atlantic Cities)
- What Do Bike-Share Docks Have in Common With Yoplait and the Olympic Torch? (NY Mag)
- Streetfilms Goes to Amsterdam to Investigate NY Times Claim that There Are Too Many Bikes
- Bike Portland Asks a Lawyer For Tips on Responding to Anti-Bike Harassment
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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