Today’s Headlines
Ray LaHood Makes Clear His Distracted Driving Crusade Left a Lot of Business Unfinished (HuffPo) Washington Governor Calls Legislature Back for Special Transportation Session (Land Line) How Hawaii Is Trying to Become More Pedestrian-Friendly (Skift) Businesses Seeking to Lure the “Creative Class” Push for Raleigh Area Transit (News & Observer) Seattle Transit Cuts Could Hurt … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:54 AM EST on November 12, 2013
- Ray LaHood Makes Clear His Distracted Driving Crusade Left a Lot of Business Unfinished (HuffPo)
- Washington Governor Calls Legislature Back for Special Transportation Session (Land Line)
- How Hawaii Is Trying to Become More Pedestrian-Friendly (Skift)
- Businesses Seeking to Lure the “Creative Class” Push for Raleigh Area Transit (News & Observer)
- Seattle Transit Cuts Could Hurt Streetcar Most of All (Next City)
- Inspired by All Aboard Florida, Private Train Company Eyes Texas (Biz Journal)
- Meet the Leaders Behind Bike-Share (Good)
- Let Your Children Play Outside (Switchboard)
- Safe, Attractive Bike Infrastructure Will Win Over the “Swing Voters of the Street” (Atlantic Cities)
- This 8-Word Petition Gets to the Heart of What’s Wrong With Our Streets (Good)
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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