Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Omnibus Appropriations Bill Reportedly Has $2.1B for New Starts and $600M for TIGER (The Hill) Will Shuster’s Tea Party Challenger Push Him to the Right on Transportation? (HuffPo) Fox News Challenges Ray LaHood on Gas Tax Hike Proposal (Newsmax) What the Transit Tax Benefit Reduction Actually Costs DC Commuters (WaPo) Virginia’s New Tax on Hybrids … Continued

By Tanya Snyder

8:56 AM EST on January 14, 2014

Omnibus Appropriations Bill Reportedly Has $2.1B for New Starts and $600M for TIGER (The Hill)
Will Shuster’s Tea Party Challenger Push Him to the Right on Transportation? (HuffPo)
Fox News Challenges Ray LaHood on Gas Tax Hike Proposal (Newsmax)
What the Transit Tax Benefit Reduction Actually Costs DC Commuters (WaPo)
Virginia’s New Tax on Hybrids and Electrics Brought in $2.5M in First Five Months (NBC-12)
Anti-Rail Florida Gov. Rick Scott Announces Billions in Road Spending (Miami Herald)
SC Gov. Haley: More Money for Roads Without Raising Taxes (WSAV)
Las Vegas “Project Neon” Road Widening Will “Improve Safety” (Sun)
DC’s Streetcar May Be as Slow as Its Release (City Paper)
Colorado Snags $400,ooo Federal Grant to Educate About Hazards of Stoned Driving (AP)
“Ride the Bus and Create”: A Work of Art for Each of Orlando’s 71 Bus Lines (Sentinel)

Tanya Snyder

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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