Today’s Headlines
LA Times Makes the Case for Janette Sadik-Khan to Come Lead LA’s Transpo Department To Improve Bike/Ped Connectivity, Boston Buries 432 Parking Spots Under Highway (Herald) Amid Bike-Share Boom, One System Goes Bust (Planetizen) Amtrak Increasingly Popular in North Carolina (FayObserver) Wyoming Just Raised Its Gas Tax 10 Cents a Gallon — And It’s Not … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:52 AM EST on November 4, 2013
- LA Times Makes the Case for Janette Sadik-Khan to Come Lead LA’s Transpo Department
- To Improve Bike/Ped Connectivity, Boston Buries 432 Parking Spots Under Highway (Herald)
- Amid Bike-Share Boom, One System Goes Bust (Planetizen)
- Amtrak Increasingly Popular in North Carolina (FayObserver)
- Wyoming Just Raised Its Gas Tax 10 Cents a Gallon — And It’s Not Enough (AP)
- Minnesota Also Struggles With Transpo Funding Shortfalls (Marshall Independent)
- Both BART Unions Approve Contracts (Pleasanton Weekly)
- DC Feels Your Pain Chicago: CDOT Chief Gabe Klein Moves to the Private Sector (Streetsblog)
- Minneapolis’ Nice Ride Bike-Share Extends to Bemidji, 200 Miles North (Bemidji Pioneer)
- Atlanta Demands Better Transit (Saporta Report)
- Cyclist Behavior Is Only As Good As the Infrastructure They Ride In (Chicago Mag)
- The Collapse of Infrastructure Spending in One Chart (Truthdig)
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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