Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Senators Show Sign of Removing Heads From A**es, Ending Shutdown (WaPo) 2013 Was Another Record-Breaking Year for Amtrak (Railway Age) Fox News Commentators Split on Gas Tax Hike Negotiations Continue, BART Won’t Strike Today (Mercury) Coming Soon: An Urban, Walkable Tysons (Hold the “Corner”) and Your First Silver Line Ride (WaPo) DC Suburbs Are Abuzz … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:53 AM EDT on October 15, 2013

Senators Show Sign of Removing Heads From A**es, Ending Shutdown (WaPo)
2013 Was Another Record-Breaking Year for Amtrak (Railway Age)
Fox News Commentators Split on Gas Tax Hike
Negotiations Continue, BART Won’t Strike Today (Mercury)
Coming Soon: An Urban, Walkable Tysons (Hold the “Corner”) and Your First Silver Line Ride (WaPo)
DC Suburbs Are Abuzz With Bike-Share, Transit, and Sidewalk-Widening These Days (GGW)
St. Paul Business Owners Expect Light Rail Boost (MPR)
Atlanta Tickled That DC Would Look to It for Smart Growth Inspiration (Curbed)
Is It “Infill” Development Just Because There’s Something Further Out? (Miami Herald)
Post Police on Buses to Crack Down on Distracted Drivers? (CBC)
Helsinki’s New Transport Option Is Part Bus, Part Taxi (Treehugger)

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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