Today’s Headlines
Now That the Water Bill Is Done, Will Congress Pass a Rail Reauthorization? (The Hill) Connecticut Needs to Upgrade Old Infrastructure — Or Learn to Live with Long Commutes (AP) Because Hey, Every Driver Prefers Subsidized Roads to Ones They Pay For Themselves (WSB) Austin to Improve Bike Lane Connectivity (KVUE) News-Observer: Wake County, NC, … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:55 AM EDT on October 28, 2013
- Now That the Water Bill Is Done, Will Congress Pass a Rail Reauthorization? (The Hill)
- Connecticut Needs to Upgrade Old Infrastructure — Or Learn to Live with Long Commutes (AP)
- Because Hey, Every Driver Prefers Subsidized Roads to Ones They Pay For Themselves (WSB)
- Austin to Improve Bike Lane Connectivity (KVUE)
- News-Observer: Wake County, NC, Needs to Join Neighbors in Investing in Transit
- The Only Thing Keeping Us From Bike-Share Bliss Is a Math Problem (Salon)
- Salon: Someday We’ll All Bike-Share to Work
- What Sustainable Transportation Modes Have Already Reached a Tipping Point? (Urban Times)
- If 90% of Vehicles Were Self-Driving, 21,700 Lives and $447 Billion Could Be Saved a Year (AP)
- Jakarta Gov Sees Through Green-Car Incentives, Models Anti-Congestion Governance (Bangkok Post)
- Not Enough Space on Kolkata Streets — So Government Bans Bikes?! (Financial Chronicle)
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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