Today’s Headlines
Rand Paul’s Anti-Bike Amendment Could Come Up For a Vote Late Tonight (Bike League) Journal of Commerce Perpetuates 8 Myths of Tax-Free Infrastructure Funding Solutions August Recess: A Chance for Dems to Seize the High Ground on Global Warming (Grist) How the Buy-America Rule Killed Las Vegas High-Speed Rail (Atlantic Cities) This 3-Mile Widening Will Cost More Than … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:55 AM EDT on July 30, 2013
- Rand Paul’s Anti-Bike Amendment Could Come Up For a Vote Late Tonight (Bike League)
- Journal of Commerce Perpetuates 8 Myths of Tax-Free Infrastructure Funding Solutions
- August Recess: A Chance for Dems to Seize the High Ground on Global Warming (Grist)
- How the Buy-America Rule Killed Las Vegas High-Speed Rail (Atlantic Cities)
- This 3-Mile Widening Will Cost More Than Connecticut’s Entire Maintenance Budget (TSTC)
- Two Sides of the Congestion-Pricing Issue in Four Countries, In One Infographic (Urban Times)
- Where Should New Development Go in a Crowded City? You Have Three Choices. (GGW)
- An Epic Study on the Likelihood of More Superstorms in the Near Future (Grist)
- This Climate Change Heat Map Will Make You Sweat (WaPo)
- A Truly Bike-Friendly City Allows You to Keep Your Bike With You on All Travel Modes (Copenhagenize)
- Happy 8th Birthday, Bike Portland!
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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