Today’s Headlines
Bill Shuster Brings Bipartisanship Back to House Transportation Committee (National Journal) House Freight Panel to Issue Recommendations Today (The Hill) Amtrak CEO Warns Northeast Corridor Infrastructure Is “Aging and Failure Prone” (The Hill) The Hidden Cost of Commuting: Time Better Spent Doing Anything Else (NYT) Hidden Costs of Suburban Living: Free Parking and Other Externalities … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:50 AM EDT on October 29, 2013
- Bill Shuster Brings Bipartisanship Back to House Transportation Committee (National Journal)
- House Freight Panel to Issue Recommendations Today (The Hill)
- Amtrak CEO Warns Northeast Corridor Infrastructure Is “Aging and Failure Prone” (The Hill)
- The Hidden Cost of Commuting: Time Better Spent Doing Anything Else (NYT)
- Hidden Costs of Suburban Living: Free Parking and Other Externalities (Globe and Mail)
- More Hidden Costs of Sprawl: You Pay For the Cars, Your City Pays For the Rest (Toronto Star)
- Toll Roads Aren’t the Only Ones: Chicago Transit Agency Gets Credit Downgrade (Reuters)
- Not “Beautiful, Useful, or Safe,” But Sure, Let’s Build a Bike Path Next to Keystone XL (Think Progress)
- Iowa Wants a Bike Plan, Too (Business Record)
- A Colorful Ranking of Cities By Sustainable Commute Mode Share (Atlantic Cities)
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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