Today’s Headlines
Gov. Jerry Brown Eyes Cap-and-Trade Money for High-Speed Rail (Sac Bee) Carbon Savings of Dense Cities Cancelled Out By Suburbs (NanoWerk) The State of U.S. Bike-Sharing at the Start of 2014 (GGW) Yes, David Axelrod, Other Cities Have Bike-Share. Ever Been to DC? (Treehugger) Cold Weather Slows Down Amtrak Schedule on Northeast Corridor (WJLA) A … Continued
By
Tanya Snyder
8:59 AM EST on January 7, 2014
- Gov. Jerry Brown Eyes Cap-and-Trade Money for High-Speed Rail (Sac Bee)
- Carbon Savings of Dense Cities Cancelled Out By Suburbs (NanoWerk)
- The State of U.S. Bike-Sharing at the Start of 2014 (GGW)
- Yes, David Axelrod, Other Cities Have Bike-Share. Ever Been to DC? (Treehugger)
- Cold Weather Slows Down Amtrak Schedule on Northeast Corridor (WJLA)
- A Stunning Picture to Remind You to Thank Transit Workers in Freezing Temps (Human Transit)
- The Trucking Industry Looks Ahead to a Year of Lobbying for a Transpo Bill (Trucking Info)
- The “First Mass Transit Super Bowl” Will Kick Non-Football Folks Off Transit (NJ.com)
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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