Today’s Headlines
New York Times Asks: Is It OK to Kill Cyclists? It’s Not Just Transit — Most Other Transpo Funding Measures Passed in Tuesday’s Elections (ARTBA) Obama Pushes for Infrastructure Improvement (NYT) Transpo Funding Bills Run Up Against End of Session in PA, WA (Mercury, Seattle Times) Michigan, Oklahoma Slow Down Transpo Spending Amid Funding Crunch (Daily … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:52 AM EST on November 11, 2013
- New York Times Asks: Is It OK to Kill Cyclists?
- It’s Not Just Transit — Most Other Transpo Funding Measures Passed in Tuesday’s Elections (ARTBA)
- Obama Pushes for Infrastructure Improvement (NYT)
- Transpo Funding Bills Run Up Against End of Session in PA, WA (Mercury, Seattle Times)
- Michigan, Oklahoma Slow Down Transpo Spending Amid Funding Crunch (Daily Telegram, Tulsa World)
- The Case for a Commuter Tax, From Maine (Sunday Telegram)
- All Virginia’s Options For Expanding Route 460 Have Disastrous Consequences (Suffolk News Herald)
- Transit Is Booming in Cleveland (Crains)
- Was the Death of Two BART Workers During Transit Strike a Criminal Act? (AP)
- A Call For Flashing Left-Turn Signals — And Thoughtful News Readers (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Combat the Capitalist Propaganda of the Car and the Shackles of Poor Planning: Walk (New Statesman)
- Can’t Decide Between a Bike and a Car? E-Fox Tries to Be the Best of Both (Star News)
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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